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Plutarch, Roman Questions, 268b

nan Others state that December is the tenth from March, January the eleventh, and February the twelfth; and in this month they perform rites of purification and make offerings to the dead, since it is the end of the year. But the order of these months was altered, so they say, and January was put first because in this month on the day of the new moon, which they call the Kalends of January, the first consuls entered office after the kings had been expelled. But more worthy of credence are they who maintain that it was because Romulus was a warrior and a lover of battle, and was thought to be a son of Mars, that he placed first the month which bore Mars' name. But Numa, in turn, who was a lover of peace

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bloodless sacrifices or offerings	Ekroth (2013) 108
dead,cult ofthe dead	Ekroth (2013) 108
dead,offerings to the dead	Ekroth (2013) 108
dining,sacrifices not followed by dining	Ekroth (2013) 108
flour,food,offerings of	Ekroth (2013) 108
hekate	Ekroth (2013) 108
krixos	Ekroth (2013) 108
lemuria	Ekroth (2013) 108
meals,offered to the dead	Ekroth (2013) 108
nero	Ekroth (2013) 108
parentalia	Ekroth (2013) 108
roman "hero-cults",sacrifices and rituals	Ekroth (2013) 108
roman "hero-cults"	Ekroth (2013) 108
suicide	Ekroth (2013) 108
tomb,of the ordinary dead	Ekroth (2013) 108
vestal virgins	Ekroth (2013) 108
war,and hero-cult'	Ekroth (2013) 108
war dead	Ekroth (2013) 108