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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]
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 ...
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 :
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The vocabulary of ancient Roman religion was highly specialized. Its study affords important information about the religion, traditions and beliefs of the ancient Romans. This legacy is conspicuous in European cultural history in its influence on later juridical and religious vocabulary in Europe, particularly of the Christian Church.
History [ edit ] During a highly active period of building construction and religious dedications following the Second Punic War , the aediles of 193 BC, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Aemilius Paullus , built a monumental portico linking the Porta Fontinalis to the Altar of Mars in the Campus Martius . [ 4 ]
The Robigalia was a festival in ancient Roman religion held April 25, named for the god Robigus. Its main ritual was a dog sacrifice to protect grain fields from disease . Games ( ludi ) in the form of "major and minor" races were held. [ 1 ]
October (from Latin octo, "eight") or mensis October was the eighth of ten months on the oldest Roman calendar.It had 31 days. October followed September (from septem, "seven") and preceded November (novem, "nine").