{"id":74,"date":"2009-09-22T01:15:40","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T06:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=67"},"modified":"2009-09-22T01:15:40","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T06:15:40","slug":"festivals-of-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/festivals-of-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivals of September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From September fourth to September nineteenth, the <strong>Ludi Romani<\/strong> or the Roman Games were held. The Games were held to honor <strong>Jupiter<\/strong>, the supreme Roman deity. When the <strong>Ludi Romani<\/strong> was first celebrated, the games only lasted for a day. However, after time the games were celebrated for about fifteen days. The Ludi Romani was actually a religious festival, but it was not necessarily celebrated as an annual event. At times the festival was held at the whim of the consuls; especially after a triumphant military victory.<\/p>\n<p>On the thirteenth of the <strong>Ludi Romani<\/strong>, the <strong>Epulum Jovis<\/strong> was held. The <strong>Epulum Jovis<\/strong> was a grand feast in honor of <strong>Jupiter<\/strong>. Statutes of all the gods were brought in and placed on soft pillows called <strong>pulvinaria<\/strong>. A grand table was set so that the gods could have their pick of the food. Since the statues couldn&#8217;t actually eat the food, the epulones or the ministers would actually do the consumption of the food. The fifteenth to the nineteeth were the days designated for the circus games like chariot races. The <strong>Ludi Romani<\/strong> was also the first festival to introduce ancient Roman drama to a wide audience.<\/p>\n<p>The twenty sixth of September was the festival of <strong>Venus Genetrix<\/strong> or Mother Venus. Although Venus is mainly known to be associated as the goddess of love, in ancient Roman times she was associated with several attributes. The festival of <strong>Venus Genetrix<\/strong> is an acknowledgement of Venus&#8217;s ties to motherhood and domesticity. In ancient mythology, Venus was the mother of <strong>Cupid<\/strong>, who is now famously depicted in contemporary culture with wings and a bow of arrows. More generally though, the people of Rome viewed Venus as the mother of the Roman race and\u00a0traced the begining of their ancestry to Venus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Septimontium<\/strong> was also another festival celebrated in September. Seven animals were sacrificed seven times in the seven hills of Rome. The seven hills were: <strong>Aventinus<\/strong> (Aventine Hill), <strong>Caelius <\/strong>(Caelian Hill), <strong>Capitolinus<\/strong> (Capitoline Hill), <strong>Esquilinus<\/strong> (Esquiline Hill), <strong>Palatinus<\/strong> (Palatine Hill), <strong>Quirinalis <\/strong>(Quirinal Hill), and <strong>Viminalis<\/strong> (Viminal Hill). The ancient Romans believed that the first people settled within these seven hills. In\u00a0honor of the first settlements, <strong>Septimontium<\/strong> was celebrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From September fourth to September nineteenth, the Ludi Romani or the Roman Games were held. The Games were held to honor Jupiter, the supreme Roman deity. When the Ludi Romani was first celebrated, the games only lasted for a day. However, after time the games were celebrated for about fifteen days. 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