Brutality
Brumalia (derived from the Latin bruma winter solstice) were celebrated festivals in ancient times in honor of Dionysus and Bacchus .
In the Roman festival calendar , the brutalities used by Romulus began on November 24th and lasted until December 25th .
The celebration of the Brumalia and the corresponding customs were banned by the Trullan Synod in 692 (canon 62).
literature
- Brumalia. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 4, Leipzig 1733, column 1578.
- Albin Haebler : Bruma. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 901 f. ( Digitized version ).
