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Januarius (January) |
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"Janus, though You begin each fleeting year, and renew the long
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1 KALENDS
F:
Natilis
Aesculapis
(291BCE).
Natilis
Vediovis
(200BCE).
Strenia:
Give gifts (strenae) to love ones, and burn twigs of
laurel upon altar. Auspici Magistratum, the consules take
office (beginning 153 BCE) by viewing the auspices for the
coming year at the Auguralium on the Arx and then
offering sacrifices to
Jupiter
at the Capitolium.
Dedication of Trajan’s Forum, 112 CE. Ascension of Pertinax, 193
CE. 2 IV Non Ian F: Dies Ater: the day after every kalends, nones, and ides in every month are "black days," on which nothing new may be begun. “Latona’s grandson, revered Aesculapis, by whose mild herbal remedies too briefly are the Fates beguiled” (Martial 9.17). 3 III Non Ian C: Pax, goddess of Peace. “Peace, O come to us, holding corn with its tassels, and pour from the breast of your robe a harvest of fruit!” (Tibullus I.10.67-68). Birth of M. Tullius Cicero, 106 BCE. 4 Pridie Non Ian C: Compitalia, of an unfixed date, set by the praetor to honor the Lares Compitales. 5 Nonis Ian F: NONES The Rex Sacrorum announces the month’s festivals from the Arx. Victoria at the shrine of Vico Poto. The Temple of the Religio Romana is founded and legally recognized as a religious organization, 2002 CE. 6 VIII Idus Ian F: Dies Ater. Nocturnal rite of Kore: “Gods of the endless night, whose powers grow stronger with the approach of death, I pray, come to me, and gently admit a life spent in ardor among the Manes” (Sillius Italicus Punica VIII.140-42). 7 VII Idus Ian C: Feriale Cumanum anniversary of Augustus assuming the imperium, 43 BCE. 8 VI Idus Ian C: Justitia, goddess of Justice. Dedication of the Ara Justitae Augustae, 13 CE. 9 V Idus Ian NP: Agonalia, Rex Sacrorum offers a ram to Janus in the Regia. Blessing of the threshold of the house. Priapus “May leafy shade shelter you, Priapus, and neither the hot sun nor snowy storms bring you harm.” (Tibullus I.4.1). 10 IV Idus Ian C: “All things prosperous come to those who follow the Gods, misfortune to those who scorn Them” (Livy V 51.5) 11 III Idus Ian NP: Juturnalia, festival of Juturna, goddess of fountains. Carmentalia festival of Carmenta, goddess of prophecy, attended by Porrima (Future) and Postuorta (Past). Women hold rites to benefit pregnant women and their children, especially with regard to their futures. No woman should do housework or accept their husband’s advances on this day. Augustus closed the doors of the Temple of Janus on this day in 29 BCE to announce the Pax Romana. 12 Pridie Idus Ian C: Sementivae Feriae, the festival of sowing, not on a fixed date but one set by the pontifices in accordance with the weather, and held again seven days later. 13 NP: IDIBUS IANUARIAE Paganicae, like the Sementivae Feriae, but for country districts, its date set by the praetor and held again seven days later. 14 XIX Kal Feb EN: Dies Ater “Camena, in hot pursuit of clever men, visit me” (Livius Andronicus Odisia). 15 XVIII Kal Feb NP: Carmentalia Carmentina as goddess of charms, perform rites for protecting new borns. Three men acting as Intercidona, with axhead, Picumnus, with pestal, and Deverra, with broom, rap at doors and windows around the outside of houses of infants. Women return to wifely duties, after tradition that the Senate had conceded to their demands. 16 XVII Kal Feb C: Concordia, goddess of harmonious relations. 17 XVI Kal Feb C: Felicitas, goddess of happiness. Marriage of Augustus and Livia, 38 BCE. Dedication of the Ara Numinis Augusti, 9CE. 18 XV Kal Feb C: Women’s festival in honor of Juno. “Come, most chaste Queen of Heaven, appear in royal robes and nod your assent to the wine that is poured and the cakes piled high that await you. With you bring every herb for ending pain, and soothing songs to sing” (Tibullus IV.6.1 sq.). 19 XIV Kal Feb C: Sementiva Feriae, the sowing festival, of an unfixed date, set by the pontifices. 20 XIII Kal Feb C: Death of Clodius Pulcher by Milo, 52 BCE. Birth of Gordian III, 225 CE. 21 XII Kal Feb C: Paganicae, sowing festival of country districts, of an unfixed date, set by praetor. 22 XI Kal Feb C: “A word once spoken flies away irreparably” (Horace Epistulae I.18.71) 23 X Kal Feb C: “If Jupiter were to hurl His thunderbolts as often as men were wicked, He soon would be disarmed” (Ovi Tristia 2.1.33-34) 24 IX Kal Feb C: Paganalia Offer Tellus and Ceres spelt cakes, milk and a sow. Death of Caligula, ascension of Claudius, 41 CE. Birth of Hadrian, 76 CE. 25 VIII Kal Feb C: Paganalia Pray to Tellus and Ceres for protection of seeds against birds. 26 VII Kal Feb C: Paganalia Offer Tellus and Ceres spelt cakes and milk. 27 VI Kal Feb C: Feast of Bacchus. Rededication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, 6 CE. Death of Nerva, 98 CE. 28 V Kal Feb C: “Better and safer is a sure peace than a hope for victory; the former lies with you, the latter is in the hands of the Gods”. (Livy 30.30) 29 IV Kal Feb C: Natalis of Pax, goddess of Peace. “Pax, be present and soften the whole world with Your gentleness” (Ovid Fasti 1.711). 30 III Kal Feb C: Dedication by Augustus of the Ara Pacis in the Campus Martius, 9 BCE. Birth of Didius Julianus, 133 CE. 31 Prid Kal Feb Oct. C: Leave meal, honey, and milk on pottery shards for Hecate at crossroads. “Nocturnal Hecate, who is called at the crossroads throughout the City, and Avenging Dirae, and Elissa’s gods of the dying, hear our prayers, heed them, and direct your awful powers against those who deserve it” (Virgil Aeneis IV.609). Imperial edict imposed the death sentence for practitioners of paganism, 438 CE. |
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