. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . .r ^(icrorum luid iiK)reo\ei- a mtispuhlica,or residence granted by the Stale. The Roman , wlio was identical with the Sahine Sancus, and was also ihe Uod offrond faith {mehercule), because he was the strong god, took the name of Recaranns orOaraiuis (Aur. Vic OH;/. 6; Serv. ad yEn. vi. 2n.\) Pint. C<cf. 61. UKLlUUCs AM) KKLlUlllLlS TUlAS. m tlicse Avero the fires of purification. The Aiiibt(rtHiU)(, or histra-tions of the fields, were performed in the name of the State
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . .r ^(icrorum luid iiK)reo\ei- a mtispuhlica,or residence granted by the Stale. The Roman , wlio was identical with the Sahine Sancus, and was also ihe Uod offrond faith {mehercule), because he was the strong god, took the name of Recaranns orOaraiuis (Aur. Vic OH;/. 6; Serv. ad yEn. vi. 2n.\) Pint. C<cf. 61. UKLlUUCs AM) KKLlUlllLlS TUlAS. m tlicse Avero the fires of purification. The Aiiibt(rtHiU)(, or histra-tions of the fields, were performed in the name of the State bytlie fratres Aivah^s, before tlie AAdieat fell niider the sickle, andthe festival was renewed around each proiJerty. The proprietorwith his head bound round with an oak branch, and folliiwcd byhis Icindrod and slaves,. passed three times round his estate,danciun and singing liyrans to the Italian Ceres. God of our fathers, A\-e purify our fields and those who tillthem. Drive away evil from our lands; let not the evil weixlchoke the prtimised harvest, let not the slow sheep be in fear of. Aiiimiils Ijfing- led lu the sacrifice of the Suovcimiriler (Bas-relief found near the coluiini of Plioras.) the swift wolf. Libations of milk and li<inied wine, a sacrificeand a feast at which the victim w;is eaten, terminated theseptigan supplications. The AiiihiirhaUd were the pimfieation of the Along thewalls, led by the priests, and preceded by the victims, rolled thelong procession of citizens, who in honour of the solenm day wereclad in spotless togas and crowned with leaves. When the hymnshad ceased, Avhen the victims litid fallen under the sacred knifeand the portion set apart for the gods had been burnt on thealtar, these latter owed protection to the gates and Avails. The people themselves, at the end of the histrnm, were purifiedby an expiatory sacrifice. Being convoked by the herald, they TibuUus II. i. 17, seq. Cf. Aerg-., Geory. i. 330—350. - This word is formed fro
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