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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Feb 15, 2018, 09:11 AM

Title: Lupercalia
Post by: Duncan Head on Feb 15, 2018, 09:11 AM
Interesting brief note on the Roman religious wolf-man festival at https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/15/wolves-nudity-mayhem-why-an-ancient-roman-festival-is-still-controversial
Title: Re: Lupercalia
Post by: Imperial Dave on Feb 15, 2018, 06:43 PM
its about all I can remember from reading Julius Caesar at school
Title: Re: Lupercalia
Post by: Erpingham on Feb 16, 2018, 09:39 AM
I've often wondered about whether this has some connections with naked warrior cults, some of whom had connections to bears and wolves, in other European societies.  What we see in Rome being a evolved end stage, integrated with city life.