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The Lupercalia.
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The Lupercalia was literally run on on the 15th February in ancient Rome. Apart from the nudity, running and goathide thongs there's a lot going on here. Indeed the Roman writers seem unsure of how it all started and in this episode I play detective in trying to work out how it started and what this tells us about Rome.
I also talk about the festival itself and how it manifested as well as one famous instance involving the Lupercalia.
Episode notes at www.ancientblogger.com
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental).
99 episodes
Manage episode 355162783 series 2498995
The Lupercalia was literally run on on the 15th February in ancient Rome. Apart from the nudity, running and goathide thongs there's a lot going on here. Indeed the Roman writers seem unsure of how it all started and in this episode I play detective in trying to work out how it started and what this tells us about Rome.
I also talk about the festival itself and how it manifested as well as one famous instance involving the Lupercalia.
Episode notes at www.ancientblogger.com
Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental).
99 episodes
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