Arval Brethren
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In ancient Roman religion, the Arval Brethren or Arval Brothers were a body of priests who offered annual sacrifices to the Lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. Inscriptions provide evidence of
Portrait of the emperor Lucius Verus as an Arval Brother (ca. 160 AD)
1st-century inscription of the Acta Arvalium
Portrait of a flamen, Louvre museum, Paris, Ma 431
Bas relief from Arch of Marcus Aurelius showing sacrifice
Carmen Arvale
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The Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Carmen Arvale is preserved on an inscription discovered in 1778 during the construction of a sacra
Arval Brethren
…an old fertility goddess, possibly an aspect of Maia or Ceres. On the three days of her May festival, they offered sacrifices and chanted secretly the Carmen Arvale inside the temple of the goddess, at her lucus. The magister (master) of the college selected the exact three days of the celebration by an unknown…
Inscription of the Carmen Arvale