Armilustrum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Armilustrum is a noun meaning (Ancient Rome) A festival, in Ancient Rome, in honour of Mars, the god of war.
Meaning
(Ancient Rome) A festival, in Ancient Rome, in honour of Mars, the god of war.
Example Sentences
The nine days' sacred rite was then performed again, because a shower of stones had been seen to fall in the armilustrum.
S. Alessio, on the Aventine, supposed to mark the site of the Armilustrum, where Plutarch tells us that Tatius was interred.
Beyond, on the left, is the CHURCH OF S. ALEXIUS, on the site of the Armilustrum, where the Sabine king, Titus Tatius, was buried.
In the times of the kings and of the republic it was covered with sumptuous edifices, the armilustrum, the temples of Diana, Juno Regina, Dea bona, Minerva, the atrium of Liberty, the palaces of Sura, of Trajan and the thermæ of Decius.
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