GRS 381 Lecture 18: October 21st

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 381
• Professor: Erkstein

Document Summary

Festivals for the dead = parentalia -> february 18th-21st - visit tombs and pay respect for the dead. Lemuria -> may 9th, 11th and 13th -> appease any restless spirts of the dead. Roman priest did not play a pastoral roll, their main roll was to ensure that religious principles were preformed correctly: not chosen because they had any religious priority, just need to be born as a free. Roman citizen: were usually political figures, since rome"s religious life was closely intertwined with its political life. Roman priests -> generally not attached to a specific temple or god (exception are the famines) Roman priests -> part-time, but could also hold priesthood for life, most roman priests already senators by virtue of being ex-magistrates. 4 (cid:373)ai(cid:374) (cid:272)olleges of ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) priests = tra(cid:272)e their origi(cid:374)s ro(cid:373)e"s 2nd king numa (715- 673bc) 16 pontiffs + 15 flamines, 16 augurs, 16 quindecimvirs, 10 in charge of feasts: 1.