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In ancient Roman religion, the Arval Brethren (Latin: Fratres Arvales, "Brothers of the Fields") or Arval Brothers were a body of priests who offered annual sacrifices to the Lares and gods to guarantee good harvests.[1] Inscriptions provide evidence of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices.
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In ancient Roman religion, the ArvalBrethren (Latin: Fratres Arvales, "Brothers of the Fields") or Arval Brothers were a body of priests who offered annual...
Arval may refer to: The ArvalBrethren, a body of priests in ancient Rome Arvals, a funeral dinner; also a cake served at such feasts USS Arval (SP-1045)...
and general, who held civil office in Britain and was a member of the ArvalBrethren. He was suffect consul in the last nundinium of 85, with Cornelius Orestes...
several minor Roman deities. She appears twice in the records of the ArvalBrethren as Mater Larum, elsewhere as Mania and Larunda. Ovid calls her Lara...
inscription dating from 218 AD, which contains records of the meetings of the ArvalBrethren. It is written in an archaic form of Old Latin, likely not fully understood...
virilis (toga of manhood), was adopted by Caligula, co-opted into the ArvalBrethren, and given the title of princeps iuventutis (leader of the youth). His...
honor of Mars. Musicians would also play the flute to worship Mars. The ArvalBrethren would also sing and dance to honor the goddess Ceres. Titus Livius,...
Gessius Bassianus (flourished 3rd century) was a Magister (master) in the ArvalBrethren during the reign of Roman emperor Caracalla who ruled from 212 until...
Valerius Taurus Catullus Messallinus Asiaticus was a member of the ArvalBrethren who lived in the second half of 1st century and first half of 2nd century...
a piaculum might also be offered as a sort of advance payment; the ArvalBrethren, for instance, offered a piaculum before entering their sacred grove...
fact that Romulus is a stepson of hers, and one of the original twelve arvalbrethren (Fratres Arvales). The association of Quirinus and Romulus is further...
118 Syme, ArvalBrethren, p. 12 Syme, ArvalBrethren, p. 26 Syme, ArvalBrethren, p. 29 Syme, ArvalBrethren, pp. 30f Syme, ArvalBrethren, p. 36 Salomies...
OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-967552-4. Schilling, Robert (1992). "The ArvalBrethren". In Bonnefoy, Yves (ed.). Roman and European Mythologies. University...
Aeternitas Imperii was among the deities who received sacrifices from the ArvalBrethren in a thanksgiving when Nero survived conspiracy and attempted assassination...
portraits, as were radiate crowns. According to Pliny the Elder, the ArvalBrethren, an ancient Roman priesthood, were accustomed to wear a wreath of grain...
collegium was also used for them, as in the case of the college of the ArvalBrethren. Of the ancient Sodales Titii nothing is known until they were revived...
the victory name Parthicus Maximus. In 199, he was inducted into the ArvalBrethren. By the end of 199 he was entitled pater patriae. In 202, he was Roman...
Vespasian sometime during the 70s, Quadratus was also co-opted into the ArvalBrethren at some point before March of 78 when he is first mentioned in their...
present at the First Battle of Bedriacum. Titianus was a member of the ArvalBrethren, serving as promagistrate at least five times beginning in the year...
hopes Geta would aspire to them. Geta became a member of the ArvalBrethren. The ArvalBrethren was an ancient group of priests who offered annual sacrifices...
adopted grandson, Drusus the Younger, was then being admitted into the ArvalBrethren, and an inscription (ILS, 5026) shows that both Augustus and Fabius...
direct evidence for membership, however, is available only for the ArvalBrethren. Antoninus demanded that Marcus reside in the House of Tiberius, the...
Lepidus was executed. According to the fragmentary inscriptions of the ArvalBrethren, Agrippina was forced to carry the urn of Lepidus' ashes back to Rome...
retained in spite of his arrogance. He is mentioned in the records of the ArvalBrethren in the year 70; Mucianus may have been admitted following Vespasian's...
observances in 59 AD to repair the state included sacrifices by the ArvalBrethren to various deities, among them Providentia. Providentia appeared on...
of 7 November 224, which lists the number of gods and goddesses the ArvalBrethren made sacrifices to on that certain date. Emesan dynasty Julia Domna...
two archaic priestly hymns are preserved, the Carmen Arvale of the ArvalBrethren and the Carmina Saliaria of the Salii. The Carmen Saeculare of Horace...