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- The Parilia or Palilia was an ancient Roman festival of rural character performed annually on 21 April, aimed at cleansing both sheep and shepherd. It...
- of Rome was commemorated annually on April 21, with the festival of the Parilia. Romulus' first act was to fortify the Palatine with the Murus Romuli,...
- festival, called the Parilia, was celebrated on April 21. Cattle were driven through bonfires on this day. Pales and the Parilia were strictly connected...
- more urbanized, the significance of some ceremonies expanded, notably the Parilia, an archaic pastoral festival celebrated as the "birthday" (dies natalis)...
- 3rd century AD, states that, in his time, the AUC year began with the Parilia, celebrated on 21 April, which was regarded as the actual anniversary of...
- legendary account was still much discussed and celebrated in Roman times. The Parilia Festival on 21 April was considered to commemorate the anniversary of the...
- rite" that the horse's blood became part of is usually taken to be the Parilia, a festival of rural character on April 21, which became the date on which...
- holocaust to prepare suffimen, a ritual substance used later in April for the Parilia.: 4.731–734 : 71 : 53, 383  During the Secular Games held by Augustus in...
- include Veneralia (April 1), Megalesia (April 10–16), Fordicidia (April 15), Parilia (April 21), Vinalia Urbana (April 23), Robigalia (April 25), and Serapia...
- Several other festivals pertaining to farm life were held in April: the Parilia, a feast of shepherds, on April 21; the Robigalia on April 25, to protect...