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Parentalia

the Parentalia

also: parentalia, funeral rites, rites of the dead

The Roman festival of the dead (13-21 February), at which families honoured deceased kin with offerings at the tomb. Cicero objects in Philippic 1 to mixing such funerary rites (parentalia) with public thanksgivings decreed for the dead Caesar.

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Mentioned in 5 works (6 total)

For Sextus Roscius of Ameria speeches · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 1 mention
For Marcus Aemilius Scaurus speeches · 1 mention
For Titus Annius Milo speeches · 2 mentions
First Philippic speeches · 1 mention

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