Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalia
Description: WEBLiberalia. In ancient Roman religion, the Liberalia (March 17) was the festival of Liber Pater and his consort Libera. [1] The Romans celebrated Liberalia with sacrifices, processions, ribald and gauche songs, and masks which were hung on trees. [citation needed] The feast celebrated the maturation of young boys to manhood.
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Liberalia
Description: WEBAt the festival of the Liberalia, held at Rome on March 17, the toga virilis was commonly assumed for the first time by boys who were of age. At the town of Lavinium, a whole month was consecrated to Liber, and the festival activities there were believed to make the…
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Link: https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-roman-celebration-of-the-liberalia/
Description: WEBMar 12, 2022 · Liber was one of the original Roman gods. A favourite of the plebeians, he was the god of fertility and wine. His festival, the Liberalia, celebrated on the 17th March was an occasion to mark the return of life. It was also a …
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Link: http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Liberalia
Description: WEBThe festival of the Liberalia marked the passage of young male Romans into manhood. Priests and aged priestesses, adorned with garlands of ivy, carried through the city wine, honey, cakes, and sweet-meats, together with an altar with a handle (ansata ara), in the middle of which there was a small fire-pan (foculus), in which from time to time sacrifices …
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Link: https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/liberalia
Description: WEBLiberalia (lĬbərā´lēə), in Roman religion, festival of Liber and Libera. The rustic festival of great rejoicing and merrymaking was held on Mar. 17. Roman youths generally first assumed the toga virilis (i.e., began dressing like adults) at this time.
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Link: https://mariamilani.com/ancient-roman-liberalia-festival-a-triad-of-plebeian-tradition-freedom-and-fertility.htm
Description: WEBMar 16, 2024 · The Liberalia festival, linked to the god Liber (“The free one”) denotes an intriguing weave of keywords such as archaic rites, mysticism, personal freedom, political activism, phallic symbolism, ecstasy, theatre plays, freedom of speech and social rights. The presence at the Liberalia celebrations of an Ivy-crowned Phallus ...
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Link: https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/roman-religion/roman-feasts/liberalia/
Description: WEBLiberalia was a Roman holiday celebrated on March 17 in honour of Liber Pater and the goddess Libera. The cult of god Liber Pater was initially associated with horses and grain, was associated with vegetation and fertility of nature, and with rites associated with the production of wine.
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Link: https://www.inromewithus.com/blog/liberalia-festival
Description: WEBNow we are adults. On 17 March, the ancient Roman world celebrated the Liberalia, dedicated to the god Libero (Liber Pater) and its female counterpart Libera. Libero had competences similar to those of Cerere (goddess of agriculture); presided over the growth of vegetables, of which it protected the germination and assisted the (free) children ...
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Link: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Antiquities/Liberalia
Description: WEBA Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) by Various Authors, edited by William Smith. Liberalia. Liberalis causa. →. LIBERA´LIA were celebrated on March 17. Though the day was sacred to Bacchus, this must be understood of Liber, the Italian Bacchus; and the Liberalia must not be confounded with the festivals Dionysia or Cerialia ...
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Link: https://romanrepublic.org/roma/events/liberalia-2020-03-17/
Description: WEBMar 17, 2020 · Liber and Libera were also honoured alongside Ceres in the most famous of her cult centres in Rome, the temple of Ceres on the Aventine. It is probable that this festival correlated with a more domestic feature of 17 March. This was the normal day on which boys ‘came of age’. Thus Cicero, writing to Atticus, says *I intend to give Quintus ...
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