Melvadius Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 The festivals listed above are from the Republican era calendar. All these were official holidays. Some of them had fallen into disuse because they were so old people had forgotten their meaning in contemporary society. Obviously the games established by Caesar and Sulla were recent additions in the late Republic. By the time of Aurelian there were 137 official holidays, meaning that not only did many on the list above survive into late imperial times, but new ones were added as well. One point to be aware of if any list of Roman Holidays is that some historians believe that holidays dedicated to particular gods may only have been holidays as far as worshippers of that god were concerned and the majority of people would have worked as normal on those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 True. I know in Ancient Athens, workers actually negotiated contracts with their employers specifiying which religious festivals they had off. Perhaps there was something like that in Rome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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