Liberalia

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Liberalia was an ancient Roman religious festival held in honor of the god Liber, associated with fertility, wine, and the coming-of-age of young men.

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Liberalia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman religious festival
associatedWith fertility
male coming-of-age
puberty rites
wine
calendarContext Roman religious calendar
celebratedOn 17 March
comingOfAgeGroup Roman boys
comingOfAgeMarker transition from boyhood to manhood
connectedWith plebeian class
rural cults
country Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome
culture Roman religion
etymologyRelatedTo Liber
hasAspect agricultural festival
civic festival
family rite
hasType fertility festival
initiation festival
wine festival
honours Liber
Libera
languageContext Latin
linkedRiteOfPassage assumption of the toga virilis
registration as Roman citizen
location Italian countryside
Rome
mainDeity Liber
Libera
patronDeityRole Liber as god of freedom
Liber as god of male fertility
Liber as god of wine
relatedTo Bacchic worship
Dionysian cult
religiousFunction promote fertility of fields
promote fertility of humans
sanctify transition to adulthood
religiousStatus public festival
religiousTradition state cult of Rome
ritualActivity drinking of wine
offerings of cakes
processions
public celebrations
sacrifices
season spring
symbol phallus
wreaths
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic

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Liber festival Liberalia