Roman festivals were a very important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary features of the Roman calendar.
Quotes
In ancient sources
In later literature
- There were his young barbarians all at play,
There was their Dacian mother—he, their sire,
Butchered to make a Roman holiday.
- Let our children laugh,
When Italy is free. Meanwhile proclaim
A Feast, with three days' offering to the Gods!
Load every shrine with tributes of glad hearts,
Crown Victory's statue with triumphal wreathes,
And scatter flowers about the Capitol;
Hymning the praise of Jove that stays the flight.
Let all the readers of our annals say
Never was such a Roman holiday.- John Nichol, Hannibal (1873), V, viii
External links
Encyclopedic article on Roman festivals on Wikipedia
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