- The
Compitalia (Latin: Ludi Compitalicii; from compitum 'cross-way') was an
annual festival in
ancient Roman religion held in
honor of the
Lares Compitales...
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protected local neighbourhoods (vici) were
housed in the
crossroad shrines (
Compitalia),
which served as a
focus for the religious, social, and
political lives...
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neighborhoods or
community ****ociations of Rome (vici) in
conjunction with the
Compitalia, the new year
festival held on
movable dates between the
Saturnalia and...
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compitum (shrine)
devoted to these.
Their annual public festival was the
Compitalia.
During the Republic, the cult of
local or
neighborhood tutelaries sometimes...
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Esquiline hills. He is
traditionally credited with the
institution of the
Compitalia festivals, the
building of
temples to
Fortuna and
Diana and, less plausibly...
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Tullius established the
Latin League, its
Aventine Temple to Diana, and the
Compitalia to mark his
social reforms.
Servius Tullius was
murdered and succeeded...
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plebeian laws and tribunes. The
priesthoods of
local urban and
rustic Compitalia street festivals,
dedicated to the
lares of
local communities, were open...
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Aesculapius and for the
obscure god Vediovis. 3-5: most
common dates for
Compitalia, a
movable feast (feriae conceptivae) 5 (Nones): Dies
natalis (founding...
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occur on
varying days to be
announced by the
Roman pontiffs.
These were
Compitalia ("Crossroads Festival") and ****tivae ("Festival of Sowing"),
which the...
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Roman men
thought to be parti****ting in the
Compitalia festival, in a wall
painting from Pompeii...
