Episode CXXXV - Lupercalia

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 3:49 a.m.

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Lupercalia was a Roman festival which took place in the middle of February, and had the effects of purifying and cleansing the city. Participants would take part in a blood sacrifice, strip off their togas, and run naked through the streets of Rome.

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Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

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