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Religio et Pietas

2011-03-25T15:07:45-04:00

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Sacella: The Little Shrines

Last updated on: March 25, 2011 at 3:07 pm   By M. Horatius Piscinus

Late in the year, when Marco was only four, his family moved into a new house on the east side of Cleveland. The earth was cold and hard as he knelt down and sat upon his ankles. As his mother instructed, he placed the palm of  his right hand flat on the cold earth and called upon the Goddess who dwelt there as he dug in the soil with the knife he held clumsily in his left hand. It was... Read more

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2011-03-11T01:21:04-05:00

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Ides of March

Last updated on: March 11, 2011 at 1:21 am   By M. Horatius Piscinus

Ides Martias in anno 2764 AUC Salvete viatores omnes What a good date, a fortuitous date, to begin my first post. Today, the Ides of March, celebrates the festival of Anna Perenna to mark a new year. In ancient times the people of Rome would leave the City on this day to enter the Campus Martius by the banks of the River Tiber. They would spend the day camped outdoors enjoying wine and love-making. Their prayers to Jupiter were for... Read more

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