Saturnalia
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
Ait enim nundinas Iovis ferias esse, siquidem flaminica omnibus nundinis in regia Iovi arietem soleat immolare, sed lege Hortensia effectum ut fastae essent, uti rustici, qui nundinandi causa in urbem veniebant, lites componerent.
For he says that the market days of Jove are holidays, since the flamen's wife is accustomed to sacrifice a ram to Jove in the Regia every market day, but it was enacted by the Hortensian law that they be days on which courts could be held, so that the country people, who come to the city for the sake of the markets, could prepare law suits.
Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.
TextsAnnales, 15.41 Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium, 1.21 De Lingua Latina, 6.21 De Lingua Latina, 6.12 De Verborum Significatu, 202L De Verborum Significatu, 292L De Verborum Significatu, 190L De Verborum Significatu, 439L De Verborum Significatu, 347L De Vita Caesarum, 46 Epistulae, 4.11.6 Fasti, 6.263-64 Historiae Romanae, 48.42.1-6 Historiae Romanae, 44.17.2 Historiae Romanae, 1.6.2 Historiae Romanae, 54.27.3 In Vergilium Commentarius, 8.363 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.603 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153 Liber de Prodigiis, 47 Liber de Prodigiis, 44 Liber de Prodigiis, 6 Liber de Prodigiis, 50 Liber de Prodigiis, 19 Liber de Prodigiis, 44a Naturalis Historia, 34.48 Noctes Atticae, 4.6.1-2 Noctes Atticae, 2.28.6 Numa, 14.1 Quaestiones Romanae et Graecae, 97 Regia Saturnalia, 1.15.19 Tristia, 3.1.30 |
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