Dionysius and the Bacchanalia ... Part of you think it is some kind of worship of the gods; others, some excusable sport and amusement, and that, whatever it may be, it concerns but a few. First, then, a great part of them are women, and this was the ... nor was it confined merely within the walls, or to the Roman territory,
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/romrelig2.html
The worship of Dionysus, whom the Romans called Bacchus, or rather the Bacchic .... We have in our account of the Roman Bacchanalia closely followed the ...
penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SM... penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Bacchanalia.html
The term Bacchanalia describes the initiatory and celebratory rites dedicated to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus).
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bacchanalia www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bacchanalia
Cults that refused to participate in the multicultural milieu of pagan worship like Christianity further increased Roman suspicion and raised the ire of all Roman citizens. ... ROMAN SENATE BANS BACCHANALIA...
www.carnaval.com/bacchus/history/
The reputation of these festivals as orgies led in 186 bc to a decree of the Roman Senate that prohibited the Bacchanalia throughout Italy, except in certain special cases.
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/47767/Bacchanalia www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/47767/Bacchanalia
the women who took part in the Bacchanalia [bak" uh NAYL yuh] which was an ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus; by extension, a drunken party, an orgy. ... 1. A participant in the Bacchanalia. 2. A drunken or riotous celebration. 3. Of, relating to, or typical of the worship of Bacchus.
www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/272/
Dionysus, Dionysus - Worship, Dionysus - Bacchanalia, Dionysus - Appellations, Dionysus - Birth, Dionysus - Childhood, Dionysus - Midas, Dionysus - Other stories, Dionysus - Consorts/Children, Dionysus - Parallels with Christianity, Dionysus - Modern interpretations, Dionysus - Dionysus in ... In the Roman pantheon,
www.experiencefestival.com/a/Dionysus_-_Worship/id/5949... www.experiencefestival.com/a/Dionysus_-_Worship/id/594952
Article on Roman Music with quotations from ancient authors; ... Bacchanalia: Instrumental piece for askaules (bagpipe), tympana and cymbalum [mp3] ... Music in the Greek and Roman World: Kelsey Museum of Archeology...
courseweb.stthomas.edu/jmjoncas/LiturgicalStudiesIntern... courseweb.stthomas.edu/jmjoncas/LiturgicalStudiesInternetLinks/RomanNonChristianWorship/RomanWorshipMusic/RWorMusic.html
When a good emperor like Augustus or Hadrian strode across Roman domain, emperor-worship actually made a small semblance of sense, but if the throne harbored some drooler like Claudius or a sadist of Domitian's ilk, it was more difficult to squelch the common laughter as these "deities" were paraded up to heaven.
www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/chapters/12CULTS.htm
her worship was cared for by three senior falmines. Mars had more fixed festivals than Jupiter and his priest was second of three senior flamines. He gave name to month which in primitive calendar opened the year. ... Was father of Roman people; cult attested among all peoples of central Italy. He possessed two most...
www.albany.edu/faculty/lr618/1romrel.html
Definitions