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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).

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Ad Atticum 8.14 letters · 1 mention

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