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Amburbium logo #10101) Ancient Roman festival
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Amburbium

Amburbium logo #21000 The Amburbium (`City Circuit`, from ambire, `to go around` + urb-, `city`; plural amburbia) was an ancient Roman festival for purifying the city; that is, a lustration (lustratio urbis). It took the form of a procession, perhaps along the old Servian Wall, though the length of 10 kilometers would seem impractical to circumambulate. If it was...
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