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Floralia

Posted by jfleck on 28 April 2003, 8:19 am

Paaaarty!

Those Romans apparently knew how to party. Perhaps that was the key to their rise and fall. In this case, they honored the goddess Flora with “excessive merriment, drinking, and lascivious games”. They said it was about protecting the blossoms from hail etc., but it sounds to me like an excuse for proto-spring break.

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