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Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary feat of "holy days"; singular also feriae or dies ferialis) were either public (publicae) or private . State holidays were celebrated by the Roman people and received public funding.
Roman men thought to be participating in the Compitalia festival, in a wall painting from Pompeii. Festivals (feriae) were an important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and were one of the primary features of the Roman calendar.
This fresco from outside Pompeii shows Roman men celebrating a religious festival, probably the Compitalia. Other public festivals were not required by the calendar, but occasioned by events. The triumph of a Roman general was celebrated as the fulfillment of religious vows , though these tended to be overshadowed by the political and social ...
Roman festivals of Isis (3 P) L. Lupercalia (1 C, 9 P) M. Festivals of Mars (5 P) P. Processions in ancient Rome (15 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman festivals"
The Feriae Latinae or Latin Festival was an ancient Roman religious festival held in April on the Alban Mount. The date varied, and was determined and announced by the consuls each year when they took office. [ 1 ]
Unlike several Roman religious festivals which were particular to cult sites in the city, the prolonged seasonal celebration of Saturnalia at home could be held anywhere in the Empire. [104] Saturnalia continued as a secular celebration long after it was removed from the official calendar. [105]
The full festival can be tentatively reconstructed (with the days of the festival literally translated) as follows: [6] 15 March. "The Reed Entered". Its exact significance is uncertain (the reeds may refer to the river bank where Attis was exposed as a child and rescued by Cybele). A nine-day period of abstinence from bread, pomegranates ...
The Veneralia was an ancient Roman festival celebrated April 1 (the Kalends of Aprilis) in honor of Venus Verticordia ("Venus the changer of hearts") and Fortuna Virilis ("Manly" or "Virile Fortune").