Roman festivals

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. Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Let our children laugh,When Italy is free. Meanwhile proclaimA 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 sayNever was such a Roman holiday. John Nichol, Hannibal (1873), V, viii External links Category:Ancient Rome Category:Festivals