March 1st Holidays

Question 1

9. March 1st was also the celebration of the Matronalia. The Matronalia was a holiday dedicated to....

Accepted Answer

Juno

Question 2

5. March 1st festivities involved the sacrifice of what animal?

Accepted Answer

goat

Question 3

8. The name, Salian, refers to the priests doing what during their ceremonies?

Accepted Answer

leaping

Question 4

4. Why did March remain an important beginning of the year?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 5

10. Matronalia was thought of as Saturnalia for whom....?

Accepted Answer

women

Question 6

14. Flora impregnated Juno when she touched her with what flower?

Accepted Answer

lily

Question 7

7. Which king of Rome established the Salian priesthood?

Accepted Answer

Numa Pompilius

Question 8

13. Juno wanted to impregnate herself because she was jealous of Jupiter giving birth to whom?

Accepted Answer

Minerva

Question 9

15. Titus Tatius established the Matronalia to celebrate the peace between the Romans and whom?

Accepted Answer

the Sabines

Question 10

Who reorganized the Roman calendar so that New Year's Day was moved to January?

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 11

6. What was the purpose of a SCAPEGOAT ritual?

Accepted Answer

purification

Question 12

12. Why would the same holiday be sacred to Mars & Juno?

Accepted Answer

it celebrates Juno giving birth to Mars

Question 13

2. When was the original New Year's Day for the Romans?

Accepted Answer

March 1

Question 14

11. The Matronalia was dedicated to Juno Lucina. Lucina comes from the Latin words for...?

Accepted Answer

light

Question 15

1. March 1st was known as the Kalends. What was the original definition of Kalendae?

Accepted Answer

account books

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