March 15th is the Ides of March, a festive day dedicated to the god March. It is also the day Julius Caesar was assassinated, in the year 44 BCE.
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Ides of March
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October 11th, Meditrinalia festival
Posted in Roman religion, Tradition on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Roman religion, Meditrinalia was a festival celebrated on October 11th in honor of the new vintage. People began to taste their new wine and to offer libations of it to the gods. In drinking the new wine it was customary to pronounce the words: “vetus novum vinum bibo, novo veteri morbo medeor.”
The origin of the [...]
