Floralia

Romans had what they called Floralia, or Floral Games, which began on the twenty-eighth of April, and lasted several days.

Marjorie's Maytime Carolyn Wells 1902

Flora, through the practice of prostitution, had come into great wealth, she made the people her heir, and bequeathed a certain fund, the income of which was to be used to celebrate her birthday by the exhibition of the games they call the Floralia "(Instit.

Satyricon 2007

She was held in the highest estimation by the Romans, and a festival, called the Floralia, was celebrated in her honour from the 28th of April to the 1st of May.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

She took her place as Goddess of Flowers, with a celebration about the first of May, to be called Floralia, after her.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated Various 1868

The Romans held the "Floralia" or festivals in honor of

Games For All Occasions Mary E. Blain

Celebrated as Floralia by the Romans, Walpurgisnacht by the Teutons, Whitsuntide by the Dutch, and Beltane by the Celts, it centered on romantic devotions to the nubile goddesses of spring, Flora, Walpurga and Maia, for whom this month is named.

Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011

Celebrated as Floralia by the Romans, Walpurgisnacht by the Teutons, Whitsuntide by the Dutch, and Beltane by the Celts, it centered on romantic devotions to the nubile goddesses of spring, Flora, Walpurga and Maia, for whom this month is named.

Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011

Perhaps celebrants of the Floralia, the Roman equivalent of May Day, wearing traditional flower wreaths in their hair, went out to stare at the condemned.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Perhaps celebrants of the Floralia, the Roman equivalent of May Day, wearing traditional flower wreaths in their hair, went out to stare at the condemned.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Perhaps celebrants of the Floralia, the Roman equivalent of May Day, wearing traditional flower wreaths in their hair, went out to stare at the condemned.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009