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| a narrative you can believe in |
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| first days of each month in the Roman calendar, signify start of new moon cycle, sacred to Juno |
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| wives of Flamen, sacrifice female piglet or ewe lamb |
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| marked appropriate middle of month, sacred to jupiter |
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| sacrifices white lamb, priests of Jupiter, created by Numa, Flamen dialis is the head priest |
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| allowed to go to forum, not allowed to go to forum |
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| Luna dies (Diana, goddess of moon and of the hunt) |
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| Tiw's day, Martis (Mars), god of war, son of Juno and Jupiter, lover of Venus, dies |
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| Woden's day, Mercury, messenger, god of trade, son of Jupiter, similar to Hermes, dies |
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| Thor's day, Iovis (Jove/Jupiter), god of sky and thunder, head god with sister/wife Juno, father of Mars, grandfather of Romulus and Remus, dies |
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| Fria's day, Veneris (Venus), goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, similar to Aphrodite, dies |
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| Saturni, god of agriculture and harvest, holds a sickle (farm tool), father of Jupiter, Venus, Pluto, Juno, dies |
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| Juno, protector and special counselor of the state, daughter of Saturn, wife/sister of Jupiter, mother of Mars, |
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| Mars, god of war, son of Juno and Jupiter, lover of Venus |
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| Mercury, messenger, god of trade, son of Jupiter |
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| Venus, goddess of love, beauty, and fertility |
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| Liber(Bacchus), god of wine, husbandry, and crops, Liberalia on March 17, young men celebrate manhood |
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| virgin goddess of hearth, home, and family |
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| Diana, goddess of hunt, animals, woodland, and the moon |
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| Minerva, virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic, and inventor of magic |
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| between forum and Campus Martius |
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| Ancus Marcius, Servian wall, birds from the Tiber |
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| centermost, most ancient part of Rome, site of Lupercalia, 40 meters above Forum |
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| hill outside of Rome, center for cult of Janus (god of doors, gates, two heads, sees both future and past, got this from Saturn, January), Evander shower Aeneas ruins of Saturnia and Janiculum on Capitoline, uses these ruins to stress importance of Capitoline as religious center of Rome, bridge across Tiber joined it to the city |
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| first king of Rome, wanted city on Palatine, Remus preferred Aventine, says he sees 12 birds after Remus saw 6, kills Remus, becomes god Quirinus (divine persona of Roman people) after he dies |
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| Quirinalia (February 17), Sabine god of War, flamen quirinalis, deified Romulus |
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| second king of Rome, severe life of discipline, banished all luxury from his home, married to Tatia (daughter of Titus Tatius, Sabine king), constructed temple of Janus, didn't want to be king at first, |
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| third king of Rome, warlike king, defeated Alba Longa in war (became Rome's vassal state), not very religious |
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| fourth king of Rome, grandson of Romulus, ordered Pontifex Maximus (highest priest)to copy the text concerning the performance of public ceremonies of religion from the commentaries of Numa to be displayed to the public, so that the rights of religion should no longer be neglected or improperly performed, waged war successfully against Latins (settled on Aventine), incorporated Janiculum, built Rome's first prison |
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| fifth king of Rome, constructed temple for Jupiter on top of Capitoline hill |
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| sixth king of Rome, foundation of Diana's temple on Aventine Hill, built the Servian wall |
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| seventh king of Rome, completed temple to Jupiter on Capitoline hill, tyrant and dictator |
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| January 9, (victim or festival), sacrificed a ram to guardians gods of the state, willing victim |
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| men trained to inspect insides of animals |
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| bee-keeper, tame Nymph's bees and keep them in hives |
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| horned god of the forest, made cattle fertile (Inuus) |
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| half man half goat, dance with Nymphs |
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