This Day in Ancient History:ante diem v idus maias (opens in new tab)

Lemuria continues (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of the Lares 14 A.D. … Continue reading This Day in Ancient History:ante diem v idus maias