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- Tradition has it that Rome was founded on an April day in the 8th century B.C. But April was also the month dedicated to two extraordinary female deities of the Roman Pantheon: the goddess of love Venus and Cybele, the Lady of Nature and Fairs who came to the city from the East.
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The remains of the Fasti Praenestini, containing the months of January, March, April, and December and a portion of February. Prehistoric calendar. The original Roman calendar is usually believed to have been an observational lunar calendar whose months ended and began from the new moon.
Religion inancient Rome. 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 of the Roman calendar. Feriae ("holidays" in the sense of "holy days"; singular also feriae or dies ferialis) were either public (publicae) or private ( privatae).
Rome's birthday was one of the biggest dates in the ancient Roman calendar - akin to Christmas in the modern western world. The date the city was founded on was so significant to ancient Romans that their calendar was based off of it, with year one being what we now register as 753 BCE.
Tradition has it that Rome was founded on an April day in the 8th century B.C. But April was also the month dedicated to two extraordinary female deities of the Roman Pantheon: the goddess of love Venus and Cybele , the Lady of Nature and Fairs who came to the city from the East.
According to the traditional Roman narrative, the foundation of Rome occurred on April 21, 753 BC, and it was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. The story goes that these brothers were abandoned by the banks of the Tiber River as infants and were subsequently nurtured by a she-wolf.
Sep 2, 2009 · According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself.
Apr 4, 2003 · Months Past. The Foundation of Rome. The traditional date for the founding of Rome is April 21st, 753 BC. Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 53 Issue 4 April 2003. Capitoline Wolf suckles the infant twins Romulus and Remus.
