List of festivals and holidays in the Roman Empire

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Religious festivities in ancient Rome, history painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The festival culture of the Roman Empire includes religious holidays, competitions and political events (see also: Feriae ). The most important festive and religious days were the Saturnalia , Bacchanalia , Lupercalia and the Bona Dea rituals.

The list is structured chronologically. Some of these holidays were established in specific eras. The first date is mentioned whenever possible.

Ianuarius

Janus statue

February

Faun sculpture

Martius

Remains of the Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum

Aprilis

The Birth of Venus (1485), Sandro Botticelli ; after the image is also contracting Venus Medici called

Maius

Illustration of Mercurius at Mainz main station

Junius

House of the Vestals

Julius

Fountain of Neptune in Florence

Augustus

Jupiter on the roof of Rastatt Castle , throwing lightning bolts in the direction of Strasbourg

September

October

Mars statue from Villa Hadriana

November

December

literature

  • Angelika König, Ingemar König : The Roman festival calendar of the republic. Festivals, organizations and priesthoods (= Reclams Universal Library No. 8693, Reclam Knowledge ). Reclam, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-15-008693-0 .
  • Jörg Rüpke : Calendar and Public. The history of the representation and religious qualification of time in Rome (= Religious- historical experiments and preparatory work. Vol. 40). de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-11-014514-6 (At the same time: Tübingen, Universität, habilitation paper, 1994).