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A religious festival called the Fontinalia was held on October 13 in his honor. Throughout the city, fountains and wellheads were adorned with garlands. [1] Fontus was the son of Juturna and Janus. [2]
The Argive festival of Hybristica, though not directly related to the Saturnalia, involved a similar reversal of roles in which women would dress as men and men would dress as women. [ 6 ] The ancient Roman historian Justinus credits Saturn with being a historical king of the pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy :
Livy also says that it became the longstanding practice in Rome that whenever a shower of stones was reported, a festival of nine days would be ordered in response. [24] Another irregular festival of note is the Secular Games. Over the course of several days there were sacrifices, entertainers, and games hosted by the state, attempting to be ...
Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain reopened Sunday after three months of renovations, just in time for the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year that is expected to draw millions of visitors. To ...
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ASHEVILLE - In less than a month, a new, grassroots food culture festival series will take over venues across the city. Bite Me debuts Aug. 14-18 with events and activities planned at restaurants ...
The "birthday" or foundation date of Rome was celebrated April 21, the day of the Parilia, an archaic pastoral festival. [164] As part of a flurry of religious reforms and restorations in the period from 38 BC to 17 AD, no fewer than fourteen temples had their dies natalis moved to another date, sometimes with the clear purpose of aligning them ...
The festival schedule includes a petting zoo, food trucks, craft and jewelry vendors, food trucks, kids' games, pumpkin painting, prizes, a DJ, fire truck, tractor displays and more.