Religion In Republican Rome by Jorg Rupke

Author:Jorg Rupke [Jorg Rupke]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Romulus put May in the third position. About its name considerable disagreement exists among the authorities. For Fulvius Nobilior, in the calendar that he put in the temple of Hercules Musarum, says that Romulus—after having divided the people into older and younger, in order that the one part should defend the state by its advice, the other by arms—honouring both parts, named this month May, the following June. (17) Some relate that this month came to our calendar from the Tusculans . . . (18) Cincius believes that the month is named from Maia . . .

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