Picture No | 10046625 |
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Description | Rome - Luperci |
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LUPERCI - priests from a 'collegium' who officiated at the Lupercalia honouring the wolf which suckled Rome's founders, striking women with thongs to make them fertile
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Source | Labrousse, engraved by Saint-Sauveur |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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