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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 ...
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 ]
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"There are many museums and galleries to choose from throughout the Punta del Este, Montevideo, and Colonia del Sacramento regions in Uruguay, in addition to renowned art and film festivals such ...
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").
The Romans also celebrated hilaria as a feria stativa, on March 25, the seventh day before the Calends of April, in honor of Cybele, the mother of the gods; and it is probably to distinguish these hilaria from those mentioned above, that the Augustan History [2] calls them Hilaria Matris Deûm. The day of its celebration was the first after the ...
Ferālia / f ɪ ˈ r eɪ l i ə / was an ancient Roman public festival [1] celebrating the Manes (Roman spirits of the dead, particularly the souls of deceased individuals) [2] which fell on 21 February as recorded by Ovid in Book II of his Fasti. [1] This day marked the end of Parentalia, a nine-day festival (13–21 February) honoring the ...