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Ambarvalia

Ambarvalia logo #10101) Ancient Roman festival
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Ambarvalia

Ambarvalia logo #21000 Ambarvalia was a Roman agricultural fertility rite held at the end of May in honor of Ceres. At these festivals they sacrificed a bull, a sow, and a sheep, which, before the sacrifice, were led in procession thrice around the fields; whence the feast is supposed to have taken its name, ambio, I go round, and arvum, field. This sacrifice was called...
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