APR. 14 12 29   APR.  21 18 20   APR.  28 12 18   MAY   6  4 15  
MAY  14  1 04   MAY   20 23 43   MAY   27 23 07   JUNE  4 22 13  
JUNE 12 11 15   JUNE  19  4 29   JUNE  26 11 30   JULY  4 14 35  
JULY 11 19 40   JULY  18 10 11   JULY  26  1 37   AUG.  3  4 59  
AUG. 10  3 08   AUG.  16 18 14   AUG.  24 17 05   SEPT. 1 17 22  
SEPT. 8 10 30   SEPT. 15  5 50   SEPT. 23  9 17   OCT.  1  3 52  
OCT.  7 18 44   OCT.  14 21 27   OCT.  23  1 36   OCT. 30 12 46  
NOV.  6  4 52   NOV.  13 16 39   NOV.  21 17 27   NOV. 28 20 36  
DEC.  5 17 36   DEC.  13 13 59   DEC.  21  8 13   DEC. 28  4 18  

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 Martius

• March 1–

  • Roman New Year

  • Matronalia in honour of Juno

  • Feriae Marti in honour of Mars

  • The sacred fire of Rome was renewed (See Vesta)

• March 14– Second Equirria

• March 15 and 16– Bacchanalia, in honour of Bacchus

• March 17 – Agonalia in honour of Mars

• March 19 to 23– Quinquatria, in honour of Minerva

• March 23– Tubilustrium, in honor of Mars

• March 30– Festival of Salus

 

 Aprilis

• April 1– Veneralia, in honour of Venus

• April 4 to 10– Ludi Megalenses/Megalesia, in honor of Cybele (since 191 BC, brought to Rome in 203 BC)

• April 12 to 19– Ludi Cereales, games in honour of Cerealia (since 202 BC)

• April 15 – Fordicia, in honour of Terra

• April 21 – Parilia, in honour of Pales

• April 23 – Vinalia urbana, in honour of Venus and the previous year's wine harvest

• April 25 – Robigalia, in honour of Robigus, with foot races

• April 28 to May 1– Ludi Florales (Floralia), games in honour of Flora

 

 Maius

• May 1– Festival of the Bona Dea and Vinalia, the 2nd Venus and last year's wine harvest festival.

• May 9– Feast of the Larvae (lemures)

• May 15 – Mercuralia, in honour of Mercury

• May 21 – Vejovis, one of the four Agonalia

 

 Iunius

• June 3– Festival in honour of Bellona

• June 7 to 15– Vestalia, in honour of Vesta

• June 13– Quinquatrus minusculae, in honour of Minerva

• June 20– Festival in honour of Summanus

 

 Iulius

• July 5– Poplifugia, festival in honour of Jupiter

• July 6 to 13– Ludi Apollinares, games in honour of Apollo (since 208 BC)

• July 7– Nonae Caprotinae Juno; also the sacerdotes publici sacrificed to Consus

• July 9– Caprotinia

• July 18– day of bad omens: defeat in Allia (390 BC) that led to the sack of Rome by the Gauls

• July 19– Lucaria

• July 23– Neptunalia held in honour of Neptune

 

 Augustus

• August 10 – Opalia in honour of Ops

• August 13 – Vertumnalia in honour of Vertumnus

• August 13 – Nemoralia, the festival of Torches, in honor of Diana

• August 17 – Portunalia in honour of Portunes

• August 19 – Vinalia Rustica in honour of Venus, commemorating the founding of the oldest known temple to her, on the Esquiline Hill, in 293 BC

• August 21– Consualia, games and races in honour of Consus

• August 23– Vulcanalia in honour of Vulcan

• August 24 – one of 3 days on which the mundus was opened

• August 25 – Opiconsivia in honour of Ops

• August 27– Volturnalia in honour of Volturnus

 

 September

• September – Septimontium.

• September 4 to 19– Ludi Romani, games for the people of Rome to the honour of Jupiter, organized by the curule aedile (since 366 BC)

• September 26– Festival of Venus Genetrix ("Mother Venus") in her role as the ancestress of the Roman people.

 

 October

• October 4 – Ieiunium Cereris: Fast of Ceres, instituted in 191 BC; at that time that date fell in late spring

• October 5 – one of 3 days on which the mundus is opened

• October 6 – day of bad omens: anniversary of the battle of Arausio (105 BC)

• October 11 – Meditrinalia in honour of Meditrina

• October 13 – Fontinalia, dedicated to Fontus ^[1]

• October 15– Equirria, the "equus October" sacrificed to Mars in the Campus Martius

• October 19 – Armilustrium in honour of Mars

 

 November

• November 4 to 17– Ludi Plebeii, games for the people of Rome organized by the curule aedile (since 216 BC)

• November 13 – Epulum Jovis

• November 15 – Festival in honour of Feronia

• November 24 – Brumalia

 December

• December 4– Bona Dea rites, exclusive to women

• December 5– Faunalia in honour of Faunus

• December 11 – Agonalia for Sol Indiges ; Septimontium

• December 15 – Consualia in honour of Consus

• December 17– Saturnalia in honour of Saturn

• December 18 – Eponalia in honour of Epona

• December 19 – Opalia in honour of Ops

• December 21 – Divalia in honour of Angerona

• December 23 – Larentalia in honour of Larenta

• December 25 –

  • Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, festival of Sol, the invincible sun god.

  • Bruma (winter solstice)

 

 See also

• Roman Holiday (disambiguation)

 

 References

1. ^ Fowler, William Warde (1899). The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic. Google Book Search: MacMillan and Co. p. 240. 

• Fowler, W. Warde (1899). The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic: An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans. London: Macmillan and Co.. http://www.archive.org/details/romanfestivalsof00fowluoft. Retrieved 2007-03-24. 

• Scullard, H. H. (1981). Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-40041-5.