Equirria

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Equirria was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to Mars that centered on horse races and rites connected to warfare and the agricultural year.

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Label Occurrences
Equirria canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman festival
religious festival
associatedWith agricultural year
warfare
calendarContext Roman religious calendar
culture Roman Antiquity
surface form: ancient Rome
dedicatedTo Mars
deityTypeHonored agricultural protector
war god
documentedIn Roman antiquarian writings
hasMainActivity horse races
hasParticipantType Roman citizens
Roman priesthoods
magistrates
hasRiteType horse sacrifice (disputed)
prayers
processions
votive offerings
hasScholarlyInterpretation connected to agricultural renewal
connected to opening of military season
hasSourceType ancient literary sources
hasTemporalAspect linked to seasonal transitions
honorsAspectOfMars Mars as god of war
Mars as protector of fields
involvesAnimal horse
isPartOf cycle of festivals for Mars
languageOfName Latin
linkedTo Roman agricultural cycle
Roman military campaigning season
nameEtymology derived from Latin "equus" (horse)
performedAs public rites
relatedFestival October Horse (Equus October)
other martial festivals of Mars
religion ancient Roman religion
ritualFocus preparation for war (interpreted)
protection of crops (interpreted)
purification of horses (interpreted)
sacredFunction securing divine favor for crops
securing divine favor for war
symbolism connection between military power and agricultural fertility
importance of horses in Roman warfare
role of Mars in protecting Roman state
worshipContext state cult of Mars

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman god Mars festival Equirria
subject surface form: Mars
Armilustrium relatedTo Equirria
Mars festival Equirria