Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary features...

Roman Festivals (Italian: Feste Romane), P 157 is a tone poem in four movements for orchestra completed in 1928 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi...

especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each December, perhaps the most famous of the Roman festivals, a time of feasting, role reversals...

The science of religious rites and festivals is known as heortology. Festivals (feriae) were an important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican...

element of lunisolar calendars and was necessary to keep the Roman religious festivals and other activities in their proper seasons. Modern historians...

include comedy festivals, rock festivals, jazz festivals and buskers festivals; poetry festivals, theatre festivals, and storytelling festivals; and re-enactment...

similar festivals celebrated throughout the Greco-Roman world, including the Cretan festival of Hermaia in honor of Hermes, an unnamed festival from Troezen...

of gods, see List of Roman deities. For public religious holidays, see Roman festivals. For temples see the List of Ancient Roman temples. Individual landmarks...

of Jupiter and Juno, and was pre-eminent among the Roman army's military gods. Most of his festivals were held in March, the month named for him (Latin...

1991, 41, pp. 261-265. Bloch 1981 p. 343 William Warde Fowler The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic London, 1899, p. W. W. Fowler, citing...