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Acca Larentia
Acca Larentia

Acca Larentia or Acca Larentina was a mythical woman, later a goddess of fertility, in Roman mythology whose festival, the Larentalia, was celebrated on December 23.[1]

  1. ^ Jordan, Michael (1993). Encyclopedia of Gods. New York, NY: Facts on File. pp. 2. ISBN 9780816029099 – via Internet Archive. over 2,500 deities of the world

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Acca Larentia

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Acca Larentia or Acca Larentina was a mythical woman, later a goddess of fertility, in Roman mythology whose festival, the Larentalia, was celebrated...

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Acca Larentia killings

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The Acca Larentia killings, also known in Italy as the Acca Larentia massacre (Italian: strage di Acca Larenzia), were a double homicide that occurred...

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Larentia

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Larentia may refer to: Acca Larentia, Hercules' mistress or the adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman mythology Larentia (moth), a geometer moth...

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Roman salute

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neo-fascists gathered at the MSI's former headquarters to commemorate the Acca Larentia killings. They did fascist salutes and shouted: "Camerati, present!"...

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Acca

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Acca or ACCA may refer to: Acca, one of the comrades of Camilla in Greek mythology Acca Larentia, goddess in Roman mythology Aerospace Industries Association...

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Faustulus

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the babies back to his sheepfold for his wife Acca Larentia to nurse them. Faustulus and Acca Larentia then raised the boys as their own. Romulus later...

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Romulus

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until they were found by the king's herdsman, Faustulus, and his wife, Acca Larentia. The brothers grew to manhood among the shepherds and hill-folk. After...

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Remoria

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myth of the founding of Rome by the Lares, twelve sons of the deity Acca Larentia (etymologically, Mother of the Lares). Remus represents the Roman plebs...

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Larentalia

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usually at altars dedicated to Acca Larentia. A sacrifice was typically offered in the Velabrum, the spot where Acca Larentia is buried. Larentalia was part...

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Tarutius

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mythology, Tarutius or Tarrutius was a wealthy merchant married to Acca Larentia. According to Plutarch's Life of Romulus, the keeper of the Temple of...

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Founding of Rome

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the shepherd Faustulus and taken in by him and his wife Acca Larentia. (Livy combines Larentia and the she-wolf, considering them most likely to have referred...

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Quirinus

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The possible presence of the Flamen Quirinalis at the festival of Acca Larentia would corroborate this thesis, given the fact that Romulus is a stepson...

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Fonte Gaia

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front two columns, traditionally believed to represent Rea Silvia and Acca Larentia, in celebration of Siena’s supposed links to ancient Rome. These were...

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Roman tribe

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surname, based on an ancient praenomen such as Acca. Various traditions relating to an Acca Larentia are associated with Romulus. Livy mentions that...

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Piazza del Campo

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omitted Jacopo della Quercia's two nude statues of Rhea Silvia and Acca Larentia that the nineteenth-century city fathers found too pagan or too nude...

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Larunda

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tongues to silence". Lara/Larunda is also sometimes associated with Acca Larentia whose feast day was the Larentalia on December 23. Ovid, Fasti 2, V...

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La lupa

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(story), a short story by Giovanni Verga La Lupa (Swiss singer), artist Acca Larentia (Roman mythology), the adopted mother of Romulus and Remus, and by some...

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Feral child

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discovered as toddlers by a shepherd named Faustulus. He and his wife Acca Larentia, who had always wanted a child but never had one, raised the twins,...

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Red Brigades

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including the ambush of Aldo Moro's motorcade (and his later murder), the Acca Larentia killings, a 1982 ambush on an army patrol in Salerno, as well as the...

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Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari

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the face of attacks by political opponents and the police such as the Acca Larentia killings. Influenced by leftist movements, a large group of far-right...

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Bologna massacre

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Murder of Mikis Mantakas 1976 Murder of Vittorio Occorsio [it] 1978 Acca Larentia killings Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro Killing of Fausto and Iaio...

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Angerona

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this name. Modern scholars regard Angerona as a goddess akin to Ops, Acca Larentia, and Dea Dia; or as the goddess of the new year and the returning sun...

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Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro

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Murder of Mikis Mantakas 1976 Murder of Vittorio Occorsio [it] 1978 Acca Larentia killings Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro Killing of Fausto and Iaio...

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Kings of Alba Longa

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by the shepherd Faustulus, who raised them with the aid of his wife, Acca Larentia. When they had grown to manhood, Romulus and Remus contrived to assassinate...

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List of Roman deities

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Y Z Abundantia, divine personification of abundance and prosperity. Acca Larentia, a diva of complex meaning and origin in whose honor the Larentalia...

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List of goddesses

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Tuamotu Faumea Hina Hina-Arau-Riki Dheghom Hausos Abeona Abundantia Acca Larentia Adeona Aequitas Aeternitas Africa Agenoria Alala Alemona (Alemonia)...

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Francesca Mambro

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Colombo has suggested that the formative event of Mambro's youth was the Acca Larentia killings of 7 January 1978, which, he says, encouraged many MSI activists...

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