The lararium was a shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household. Family members performed daily rituals at this shrine to guarantee the protection of these domestic spirits, the most significant of which were the lares.
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Lares Familiares ("Family Guardians" in Latin) were mythological spirits of ancient Rome. The singular form is Lar Familiaris . The Lar Familiaris was a kind of domestic guardian spirit who cared...
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The Lararium (pl. lararia) altar is the sacred place of the home where offerings and prayers are made to the Gods. In more affluent Roman homes, such as private villas, the main Lararium altar was usually set in the Atrium (front reception room, near the front door).
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The Paterfamilias (or Materfamilia) of the Gens has the ultimate responsibility for setting precidents regarding the worship conducted at the household shrine to the Lares (the Lararium).
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wikiHow article about How to Make a Lararium. ... The lararium (pl. lararia) is a shrine to the spirits that protect the Roman household. In some ways it is similar to a Shinto kamidana. A daily ritual is performed at the lararium to ensure that the domestic spirits, especially the "lares", continue to protect the household...
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A lararium was a sort of home altar in a Roman house. This is the brief entry in William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities.
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Daily Ritual before the Lararium; By M. Horatius Piscinus ... Offered here is a suggested daily ritual to be performed before a lararium. All of the prayers mentioned here are taken from Latin sources, the authors being indicated. In some cases the original Latin texts were modified for the ritual.
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The Lararium of Senex Caecilius ... The family shrine to the household gods is located in a small alcove just off the atrium. Included in our prayers are the genius of this house along with the lares and penates of our family.
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The following summary of an article entitled "Lararium--Household Religion" by Peter Connor in Jean-Paul Descoeudres' Pompeii Revisted (Meditarch) was summarized by Tony Clague and Cutris Bach, students enrolled in Prof. Tom Sienkewicz' Ancient Societies class at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, in 1997.
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The lararium expounded by the Romans, was initially referred to as an aedicula; a small shrine within an aedes (dwelling place of a god). The aedes was usually a home or a temple building. Temple buildings were often preceded by an aedicula to the deity concerned, and used in public offerings.
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