QUINQUATRUS. - Festival of March 19 in the most ancient Roman calendar. According to calendrical data, it is a festival of Mars at which the Salii perform their ritual dances in the Comitium. On the other hand, it is the day of the dedication of the Aventine temple of Minerva and the festival of the artisan guilds.
Q. Minusculae was the name of the festival of June 13, celebrated particularly by the college of tibicines (flute players), to whom on that day a banquet was offered in the Capitoline temple.
Bibliography3 worksW. Warde Fowler, Roman festivals, London 1899, p. 57 ff.; G. Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer, 2nd ed. Munich 1912, pp. 144, 253; J. G
BIBL.: W. Warde Fowler, Roman festivals, London 1899, p. 57 ff.; G. Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer, 2nd ed. Munich 1912, pp. 144, 253; J. G. Frazer, The Fasti of Ovid, III, London 1929, p. 144 ff.
Brelich, Angelo. “Quinquatrus.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 422. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/quinquatrus.
MLA
Brelich, Angelo. “Quinquatrus.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 422. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/quinquatrus.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_quinquatrus,
author = {Brelich, Angelo},
title = {Quinquatrus},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {422},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/quinquatrus}
}
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