year again! The feast of Lupercalia has come around to Rome once more. This special feast is on February 15th to celebrate the twin founders of our great city‚ Romulus and Remus‚ as well as honoring the god Faunus. Most of us should know the tale of Romulus and Remus but for those youngsters‚ the tale tells that as children‚ Romulus and Remus were thrown into the River Tiber on orders of their usurping uncle Amulius. The babies washed ashore by a wild fig tree‚ and were found by a she-wolf‚ who raised
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ii. According to William Dunstan’s‚ an expert on ancient Rome and Greece‚ book Ancient Rome‚ the Lupercalia was celebrated on the 15th of February every year. a. The Lupercalia was a fertility feast dedicated to Faunus‚ Romulus‚ and Remus. b. Two young men would sacrifice a goat‚ soak the skin in the blood‚ and run through the town in only a goatskin loincloth hitting young women with the skins to make them more fertile. c. The Society
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and questions. I cite from our APUS library and the course books as I have been instructed by you. Thanks again for reminding me. Romulus or Remus or Aeneas was each to the Romans because they thought that these were their founders and so they survived with their power‚ strength and encouragement. They all were significant to the Romans. They linked Romulus or Remus or Aeneas to the gods because they believed that these were the founders of the Romans. As I understood from Juvenal‚ he tried to
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With a history of people who showcase bravery‚ honor‚ and loyalty in the name of their city‚ the people of Rome are encouraged to act in the same way so they remain connected to Rome in every aspect of their lives. Romulus bravely founded Rome‚ even though it meant killing his brother. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus is a negative example of how some people in history did not show loyalty to Rome but to themselves. In his actions‚ Romans are able to learn that they should
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Discuss the characteristics of Greek settlements in Italy; include in your discussion the types of locations for colonies and what natural resources were require and the types of urban planning and city layout employed in the colonies The Greeks migrated for several reasons‚ including commerce. Greeks wanted to trade their famous red pottery for metal resources found in Italy. These metal resources weren’t found in Greece‚ so they were valuable for molding things such as bronze for swords. The
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annual sacrifices and feasts. One of the aims of the festival was to purify the land and the young women of child-bearing age. During the Lupercalia‚ two priests‚ called lupercis‚ sacrificed two male goats and a dog at the sacred cave where Romulus and Remus were supposedly nursed by the she-wolf. After a feast‚ the young men dressed in nothing but a belt with goats’ skins‚ running through the city streets‚ whipping people (mostly young girls and women) with thongs cut from the sacrificial goat skins
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God of the ocean wasn’t one of their favorites. He is also the God of fertility and was later identified as the greek God Poseidon.Mars was the son of Juno and a Magical herb. He is known as the roman God of War. Mars was also the father of Romulus and Remus‚ the founders of Rome. For this reason‚ Mars was one of the most widely worshiped gods among the Roman
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Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. Their father was Mars‚ the God of War; their mother was Rhea Silvia‚ a vestal virgin and daughter of the King‚ Numitor. Numitor’s brother‚ Amulius‚ had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. When the boys were born‚ Amulius seized them‚ put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. He hoped that they would drown. However‚ the boys
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Vestal Virgins The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses of Vesta‚ the goddess of the hearth‚ in charge of maintaining the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Vesta symbolized collectively the hearths in citizens’ houses; she presided over the basic need of fire (Cadoux 163). The fire in the Temple of Vesta was a pure fire and was not fed with wood from dead trees‚ or any rubbish thrown upon it‚ or any impious act done in its presence. If the Vestal Virgins allowed
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The Italian Lira is a fairly new currency with roots that lie deep within Italian culture. The word "lira" is actually derived from the Latin word "libra"‚ meaning pound‚ making it a distant cousin to that of the British pound sterling. The lira was a monetary unit long before it existed as a coin or note. The lira made its first appearance in the hands of bankers‚ merchants and consumers in Venice in 1472‚ put in place by Doge Nicolas Tron. The Venice lira set a trend for large silver coins with
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