{"id":3517,"date":"2025-05-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:00:29","slug":"april-28th-floralia-old-goats-and-an-extraordinary-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/april-28th-floralia-old-goats-and-an-extraordinary-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Floralia. Old Goats and an extraordinary Elephant April 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Flora-on-a-gold-aureus-of-43\u201339-BCE-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Flora-on-a-gold-aureus-of-43\u201339-BCE-.png 600w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Flora-on-a-gold-aureus-of-43\u201339-BCE--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Flora-on-a-gold-aureus-of-43\u201339-BCE--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Flora-on-a-gold-aureus-of-43\u201339-BCE--100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flora (Floralia festival named after her) on a gold aureus of 43\u201339 BC Wikipedia photot by \u0410\u041d\u041e \u041c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043d\u0443\u043c\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043b\u0443\u0431<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This post got forgotten because April 28th was unexpectedly St George&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s still relevant as the Roman festival of Floralia continued to May 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 28th of April began the Floralia.\u00a0 It continued to the Kalends (15th) of May. According to Ovid in the &#8216;Fasti&#8217; Book IV, the Romans celebrated Flora, the Goddess of Spring.\u00a0 The Floralia celebrated flowering, blossoming, budding, planting and fertility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flora was one of the 15 Roman Deities offered a state-financed Priest. Her home in Rome, was on the lower slopes of the Aventine Hill near the Circus Maximus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brussels-musee-arte-and-histoire_32-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Circus Maximus is the large long arena in the middle of Rome. Model Musee Arte et Histoire, Brussels, photo Kevin Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrations began with theatrical performances, at the end of which the audience were pelted with beans and lupins. Then there were competitive games, and spectacles. The latter, in the reign of Galba, including a tight-rope walking animal.  A monkey you might guess but no, it was a tight-rope walking elephant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Year of the Four Emperors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, Galba only survived for 7 months as Emperor.\u00a0 A little longer than our Liz Truss&#8217;s 44 days. But then she was not murdered by a rampaging mob at the end of her reign. It was the year known to history as the year of the 4 Emperors. (great description by Tacitus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcivilisation.com\/smartboard\/shop\/tacitusc\/histries\/chap2.htm\">here:<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spectacles and Battles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Juvenal records that prostitutes were included in the celebration of Floralia by dancing naked, and fighting in mock gladiatorial battles. There is a raging debate about the existence of female gladiators. A burial in Southwark has been said to be one such.\u00a0 To hear what Natalie Haynes has to say on the subject look<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20151120-did-female-gladiators-exist\"> here<\/a>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fauns, Satyrs, Goats and Hares<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hares and goats were released as part of the ceremonies. These animals were both considered to be very fertile and have a &#8216;salacious&#8217; reputation! (Satyrs or Fawns were, famously, obsessed with sex and were half man half goat. A man can still be referred to, normally behind his back, as an &#8216;old goat&#8217;).  Fauns were Roman, Satyrs Greek. The one half man half goat, the other half man half horse.  It all got a little mixed up and fauns became very similar to satyrs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read about the myths of hare see my post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-28th-as-mad-as-a-march-hare\/\">march-28th-as-mad-as-a-march-hare\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written in 2023 revised April 2024, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post got forgotten because April 28th was unexpectedly St George&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s still relevant as the Roman festival of Floralia continued to May 15th. On the 28th of April began the Floralia.\u00a0 It continued to the Kalends (15th) of May. 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