festival
Bacchanalia
the Bacchanalia
also: Bacchanalibus
The orgiastic nocturnal rites of Bacchus suppressed at Rome by the senatorial decree of 186 BC; Cicero cites the affair as a precedent for the severity of the forefathers against nocturnal cults.
Reading notes
- On the Laws §2.37 the Bacchanalia
The orgiastic nocturnal rites of Bacchus, suppressed across Italy by a senatorial decree of 186 BC after a notorious scandal. Cicero cites the old decree as proof of the forefathers' severity toward nocturnal cults.