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"Salvete, amicis!“ the young Roman maiden Cordula greets you and waves you over with a smile.
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„I assume you´re here for a new avatar contest. Yes, we ancient Romans are great when it comes to games. Let me tell you something about Roman festivals and contests and then I´ll show you around!“ she declared and invites you into the cool shadows of the patio.
March is here! 🌷 The name of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month Martius was the beginning of the season for farming 🌾 and a lot of festivals called Ludi 🎺 were held during the month.
Some of the festivals 🎪 which were celebrated in March:
Matronalia - March 1. 💐 A festival held at Rome in honor of Mars. Only married women could attend the celebrations, during which they made offerings of flowers in the temples of Juno.
Equirria - March 14. 🐎 Two ancient Roman festivals of chariot racing.
Anna Perenna - March 15. 🌽 Anna Perenna was an old Roman deity of the circle of the year and the feast was held at the grove of the goddess at the first milestone on the Via Flaminia. Roman families traditionally picknicked along the banks of the Tiber and offerings were made to the goddess to achieve happiness.
Quinquatrus - March 19-21. 🎭 A festival sacred to the deity Minerva. Women were accustomed to consult fortune-tellers and diviners upon this day. They were games like poet contests and plays and the Spring Equinox was celebrated.
Festival of Luna - March 31. 🌕 The deity Luna is associated with moon magic, transformations, the psychic, and the feminine. She is a symbol of the heavenly embodiment of the moon. The festival took place on the Aventine Hill.
"Vestimentum facit populus!“ Cordula´s sister Corina, who works in one of the temples, added. She isn´t very fluent in modern languages. "Accidit in puncto, quod non speratur in anno. Ave atque vale! Carpe diem!“ she encourages.
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📜 LUDI VESTIMENTI CERTAMINIS - AVATAR CHALLENGE:
When in Rome, do as the Romans do! Design a HA participating in one of the Ancient Roman March festivals listed above. You are allowed to participate in more than one of the festivals. Let us know which feast your HA is participating in, tell us the name of the character and give us a short description of their life. You are allowed to use all site clothes and custom wear, you don´t have to own them.
Contests ends at midnight of the Festival of Luna. 🌛
For your inspiration, I am going to link some text and picture sources for women and men clothing. The judging will include overall look, surroundings, hair style and color, clothing style, shoes and accessories. There are several classes of society to choose from, look around and make your choice! Most of all, have fun!
👥 Roman Clothing in ancient Rome: ANCIENT ROMAN CLOTHING
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Matronalia - March 1.
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Equirria - March 14. 🐎
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Anna Perenna - March 15
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Quinquatrus - March 19-21.
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Festival of Luna - March 31.
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Matronalia - March 1 This matron name of Julia is here in Rome to make offerings of flowers in the temples of Juno in honor of her son Mars. She is about to enter a temple and is reflecting on Mars seeking to find favor and be granted protection for her husband as he is a Roman soldier and for her children..
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Equirria - March 14 This Centurion name of Lucius is one his way to the first of two ancient Roman festivals of chariot racing having just returned from training legionaries, assigning duties, and maintaining discipline amongst the ranks.
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Anna Perenna - March 15 This Roman lady name of Tanaquil has arrived at the riverbank before moonrise to prepare the area for her grown family that will be arriving to picnic merrily into the night, feasting, dancing, singing, and celebrating with much wine, toasting to health and long life.
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Quinquatrus - March 19-21 Marca is going to a festival sacred to the deity Minerva. Women are accustomed to consult fortune-tellers and diviners upon this day so fearing long lines she has left her home early to go the back way thru city streets in order to be home not too late. She noted the painting in progress as she passed by. There will be games like poet contests and plays and the Spring Equinox will be celebrated and she hopes to be able to spend time at each!
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Festival of Luna - March 31 Selene is on her way up Aventine Hill to pray to and appease the deity Luna with new vows as is associated with moon magic, transformations, the psychic, and the feminine. She has her pack mule laden down with milk, honey, grain, fruit, cakes, flowers, perfumes and wine for offerings. The moon is rising and she must hurry as she is almost there.
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I apologize for not going in depth into my characters, ive been so busy this month since my husbands accident i didnt have the time to do alot.
Not an entry but ARES!!! And Juno <3
I went freelance on Juno XD Outfit Not Found Outfit Not Found[Spoiler=Matronalia] So for my first Entry AND Matronalia
Her name is Aquilia,She is visiting the Temple of juno to offer flowers in hopes of being blessed with strong children.
She is married to a man of not high wealth but not in the lower class ether so she dresses in blues and oranges mostly. Outfit Not Found [/spoiler] AND
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This is Octavius, The husband of Aquilia who has been participating in the Chariot races since he was of age.
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Matronalia - March 1
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Camillia Attia wife of the proconsul Crasso Rufus
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Equirria - March 14 [Spoiler] Tarquinio Tanicius Tranio. Distinguished member of an ancient patrician family, passionate of chariot races Outfit Not Found [/spoiler]
Matronalia - March 1 💐
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Vita is newly married and praying to Juno for success in her marriage. She visited Juno's temple wearing flowers in her hair and a skirt made of woven flowers. Her bouquet was grown special in her family's greenhouse in the months leading up to the celebration, selected special to lay at the feet of Juno's statue.
Anna Perenna - March 15 🌽
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Junia is a priestess of Anna Perenna, following her cult all year long. She dresses in gold and blue, evoking the clear waters of the Tiber and the golden dawn of a new year.
Quinquatrus - March 19-21 🎭
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Celebrating spring, Hortensia offers fortune telling on this special day among the rose bushes at the festival. Her favorite fortunes to tell are of new beginnings, new lovers, new opportunities because Spring and the new year both mean a fresh start.
Festival of Luna - March 31 🌕
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Tullia is a goddess of the moon, dressed in her best garb to celebrate the festival. Tullia makes sure all the candles in the temple of the moon are lit, making the temple into a beacon of glowing light, echoing the moon above.
My entries... I will add more, going to try to add them as the holidays come up.
Matronalia
Outfit Not Found This is Prima Caecilia, wife of Titus Marius Pinna. She was married five years ago, but they have not yet conceived a child. Her husband is ill, so she has been praying to Juno to preserve his health and make her fertile.
Her father is wealthy and she is his only daughter, so if her husband should die, she will probably marry again. But she cares for him and hopes he will live. She has just finished laying handfuls of irises and lilies on the altar to Juno Lucina.
The dress of the married Roman woman consists of a tunica, over that a stola, and over that a palla. The stola was worn only by married women. Caecilia has on a tan tunica, with a black stola over it and a brown palla. She untied her palla because it is said that women must untie knots in their clothing when giving offerings to Juno Lucina, so it is hanging looser than it is typically worn.
Equirria
Outfit Not Found This is Quintus Junius Silanus whose mother was the granddaughter of the previous emperor. He enjoyed watching the chariot races in celebration of Equirria, and is a little drunk from moderately watered wine.
Due to his royal bloodline, he is permitted to wear clothing dyed with purple. He rarely does so, except on feast or celebration days.
Anna Perenna
Private Outfit This is Scamander, a slave belonging to Marcus Annius Verus. His usual task is as tutor to his owner's two young sons, Marcus Annius Minor and Lucius Annius. Since today is the feast of Anna Perenna, the Annius family is having a picnic.
Scamander is left to scavenge from the leavings of the feasting citizen families and, having found more than enough food for himself, he's feeding some of it to his pet rat, Zeus.
Quinquatrus
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This is Cassia Sybillina, an acolyte of one of the most revered Sibyllas of the city. During the Quinquatrus festival, many seek her mistress's wisdom. She advises them as they wait, on how to best phrase their questions to get the most of the brief audience each will receive.
As the festival draws to a close, Cassia takes a short break and goes for a walk along the portico of the temple courtyard garden.
Festival of Luna
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The Sabines were an Italic tribe from the Apennine mountains who brought the worship of Luna to Rome.
This Sabine, a devout worshiper of Luna, waits with a temple cat for the sun to go down, when the celebration of Noctiluna - Luna the night-shining one - will commence. Wearing a decorative moon hairpin, and with the moon rising from the waters as the sun continues to shine, the Sabine deems this a good omen. Also the cat is another good omen, as the Sabine is fond of cats.
Called Quiris (a Sabine word meaning "spear"), the Sabine remains mysterious to most of the Romans. In fact even Quiris's neighbors do not know why the tribal Sabine is living among them or why Quiris is so readily welcomed by certain priests. The reason is that those priests consider Quiris a holy person due to exhibiting intersex traits - they believe Quiris can be male or female at different times.
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Aurora, named after the Goddess of the Morning, stays true to her name. Each morning she brings flowers to the townspeople and delivers prayers to Juno for those who cannot make the trek to the temple. Her kind spirit and loving nature caught the eye of her (now) husband, who aids in her daily journey. Outfit Not Found
Equirria
Victoria spends her days caring for and raising the horses to be used as chariot-racing steeds. Outfit Not Found
Anna Perenna
Silvanus enjoys having lunch in the small wooded area near her home. Sitting on an old stump, she gently unpacks her meal, careful to not spill anything from the old woven basket. She looks up and notices two pairs of eyes inquisitively peering at her. Perhaps she has a few vegetables to spare for her shy bunny friends! Outfit Not Found
Quinquatrus
Amulius is her town's most popular performer. On this day, she goes all out in the largest play in the empire!
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Festival of Luna
Aeneas dances in the moonlight in worship of Luna. She encourages others to join in and sing praise to the moon!Outfit Not Found
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Anna Perenna
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🎉 WINNERS!
This wasn´t easy! You all did a fantastic job and some categories were very difficult to judge. Thank you so much for all your beautiful HA designs and stories.
🏆 Matronalia The winner is Camilla Attia designed by . 🎁 It´s a simple design yet looking at it, I immediately think "Ancient Roman".
🏆 Equirria I loved all of the designs, they were so different even when the theme was distinct. The winner is Octoavius by . 🎁 I am also sending out a gift to for their beautiful design, I know you didn´t have the time to post stories yet I liked your HAs and especially this one very much. I hope your hubby is better now! ^-^
🏆 Anna Perenna The winner of this category is Scamander by . 🎁 I love his special story like all the others you wrote. ^-^ There will also be a prize for Edesia by 🎁 - very beautiful simple design and I adore the river surroundings! and also for Junia by 🎁 - I don´t know if the design is exactly Roman yet I like the style. :-)
🏆 Quinquatrus The winners of this category are Marca by 🎁 and Amulius by 🎁 The designs are very different yet beautiful and describe the sacred day very well. ^-^
🏆 Festival of Luna The winner of this category is the goddess herself by 🎁 - very gorgeous and mythical.
There is no overall winner because the categories were too different. I´ll put the festivals into a randomizer and then ping the winners in order of the festivals raffled. See you soon! ^-^
Randompicker gave me the order of the festivals like this:
I added a bunch of prizes to make up for the amount of winners I chose, LOL. ^-^
Please choose a prize out of the gallery, Festival of Luna is first to choose. 🎁
:D yay thank you!!
aw thank you so much sweetie. I loved this contest!
You´re very welcome, my lovelies! ^-^
There´ll be a related one again in summer. <3
I don't envy you having to judge all those entries - there were all so good. I'm so happy you liked my Luna :D May I please have the "Lazy Kitty Innocent Drape"?
Congratulations to all the winners! Great job everybody :D