Suovetaurilia
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The suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig, a sheep and a bull to the deity Mars to bless and purify land.
The suovetaurilia was an ancient Roman sacrifice where in which a pig, sheep, and a bull were sacrificed.
Right hand panel of The Bridgeness Slab showing a suovetaurilia.
Suovetaurilia in a military setting, from Trajan's Column
Lustrum
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A lūstrum was a term for a five-year period in Ancient Rome.
Suovetaurilia
…a census, and to atone for any accidental ritual errors. Traditionally, suovetaurilias were performed at five year intervals: this period was called a lustrum, and the purification sought by a suovetaurilia was called lustration. If a temple were destroyed, the site of the temple must be purified by a…
Census frieze from the so-called "Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus", with the taking of the census (at left) and the procession of the suovetaurilia. The tall warrior standing at the altar is sometimes identified as the god Mars himself
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