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 features...

Roman Festivals (Italian: Feste Romane), P 157 is a tone poem in four movements for orchestra completed in 1928 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi...

especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each December, perhaps the most famous of the Roman festivals, a time of feasting, role reversals...

element of lunisolar calendars and was necessary to keep the Roman religious festivals and other activities in their proper seasons. Modern historians...

The science of religious rites and festivals is known as heortology. Festivals (feriae) were an important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican...

of gods, see List of Roman deities. For public religious holidays, see Roman festivals. For temples see the List of Ancient Roman temples. Individual landmarks...

include comedy festivals, rock festivals, jazz festivals and buskers festivals; poetry festivals, theatre festivals, and storytelling festivals; and re-enactment...

while still in the process of being restored, the theatre hosted “The Roman Festivals,” which brought over 10,000 guests.[citation needed] A very important...

similar festivals celebrated throughout the Greco-Roman world, including the Cretan festival of Hermaia in honor of Hermes, an unnamed festival from Troezen...

1991, 41, pp. 261-265. Bloch 1981 p. 343 William Warde Fowler The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic London, 1899, p. W. W. Fowler, citing...

included a range of popular games and entertainments for the Roman masses. Most Roman festivals were calendar fixtures, tied to the worship of particular...

the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual festival held August 23 in his...

of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent among the Roman army's military gods. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin...

entertainment of the Roman people (populus Romanus). Ludi were held in conjunction with, or sometimes as the major feature of, Roman religious festivals, and were...

Lemuria was an annual event in the religion of ancient Rome, during which the Romans performed rites to exorcise any malevolent and fearful ghosts of the restless...

Fowler, Roman Festivals, p. 92; Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic, p. 110. Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic...

78. Scullard, H.H. Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic. p. 43. Scullard, H.H. Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic. p. 90. Lydus...

The Bacchanalia were unofficial, privately funded popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. They were...

Lupercalia from Roman and Comparative Perspectives. de Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110690118. ISBN 9783110689341. Scullard, H. H. (1981). Festivals and Ceremonies...

Venus was central to many religious festivals, and was revered in Roman religion under numerous cult titles. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography...

Republican era, more fixed holidays on the Roman calendar were devoted to Jupiter than to any other deity. Festivals of viniculture and wine were devoted to...

deceased of food and wine, and special observances during particular Roman festivals and anniversaries; with correct funerary observances and continuity...

in the Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys and Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys. Festivals dedicated to Isis eventually developed. In Roman times, Egyptians...

Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (London, 1908), p. 182. Fowler, Roman Festivals, p. 183. Fowler, Roman Festivals, pp. 182–183...

of Schadenfreude Roman festivals, holidays in ancient Rome This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Roman Holiday. If an internal...

proximity of his property caused some Romans to assume he had a responsibility to help maintain the temple. Festivals celebrated for Tellus were mainly concerned...

199-224. Briefer scholarly treatment of the Festival is offered in William Warde Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, Gorgias Press...

William Warde Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (London, 1908), p. 142; Karen K. Hersch, The Roman Wedding: Ritual and Meaning...

Imperial cult outnumber the older festivals. Festivals marked in large letters on extant fasti, represented by festival names in all capital letters on...

adjective Ancient Greek: ἱλαρός "cheerful, merry") were ancient Roman religious festivals celebrated on the March equinox to honor Cybele. The term seems...