festival
Feralia
also: Feralibus
The Roman festival of the dead on 21 February, the closing day of the Parentalia, on which offerings were made at family tombs. Cicero uses it as a calendar marker for the day in February 49 BC on which the armies broke camp (Att. 8.14).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 8.14 §1 that is, on the Feralia
The Feralia, on 21 February, was the closing day of the Parentalia, the festival on which Romans made offerings to the dead at family tombs. Cicero uses it here purely as a calendar marker for the day both commanders broke camp.