The Roman festival of Larentalia was held on 23 December but was ordered to be observed twice a year by Augustus; by some supposed to be in honour of the...
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later a goddess of fertility, in Roman mythology whose festival, the Larentalia, was celebrated on December 23. In one mythological tradition (that of...
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Opiconsivia was held on December 19, Divalia was held on December 21, Larentalia was held on December 23, and the dies natalis of Sol Invictus was held...
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Jupiter (god) (section Larentalia)
Ceres, Pales and Genius Iovialis and the statement in Macrobius that the Larentalia were dedicated to Jupiter as the god whence the souls of men come from...
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Flamen Quirinalis (section Larentalia)
festivals, the Consualia Aestiva on August 21, Robigalia on April 25, and Larentalia on December 23. Beside these festivals that of Quirinus himself, the Quirinalia...
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also sometimes associated with Acca Larentia whose feast day was the Larentalia on December 23. Ovid, Fasti 2, V. 599. Lactantius, The Divine Institutions...
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rape her. In this guise, Dea Tacita was worshipped at a festival called Larentalia on 23 December. Goddesses Mutae Tacitae were invoked to destroy a hated...
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gens could serve, and be served by, the cults attached to Compitalia and Larentalia. Mommsen's contention that Lares were originally field deities is not...
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sacrifice and its abolition, the Junii celebrated their ancestor cult during Larentalia rather than the usual Parentalia even in the 1st century BC; see Taylor...
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Acca Larentia, a diva of complex meaning and origin in whose honor the Larentalia was held. Acis, god of the Acis River in Sicily. Aerecura, goddess possibly...
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anniversary of the Temple of the Lares Permarini in the Porticus Minucia 23: Larentalia; commemorations for the temples of Diana and Juno Regina in the Circus...
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Larum may have been offered cult with her Lares during the festival of Larentalia as she was, according to Macrobius (floruit 395 - 423 AD), during Compitalia...
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for their own curia were given a last chance to make amends, and the Larentalia held in memory of Larunda. These religious duties show Quirinus was a...
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him to resign his duties, as was the case for the Flamen Dialis. At the Larentalia in April, the Flamen Martialis poured libations in honour of Acca Laurentia...
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mentioned in a portion of the Fasti Praenestini immediately following the Larentalia, for which he apparently left a large testamentary donation. Aulus Tarutilius...
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