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It was believed to have been a fertility festival and was associated with the Roman gods Lupercus and Faunus. The festival was celebrated by the Luperci, a group of priests who would sacrifice goats ...

it was to honor the Roman fertility god Lupercus and the she-wolf who nursed twin brothers Romulus and Remus-- the future founders of Rome -- when they were abandoned as infants. In the 5th ...

Lupercalia honored Lupa the she-wolf who nursed and sheltered Romulus and Remus and was aimed to please the Roman fertility god Lupercus, according to History.com. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

Priests of the god Lupercus, called the Luperci, would take off their clothes and slaughter goats in the Lupercal, the cave that Roman legend held to have been the location where city founders ...

The event was also meant to appease Lupercus, the Roman fertility god, according to History.com. During the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around — often naked ...

From the 5th century B.C., the Romans celebrated the festival of Lupercalia on February 15 to honor the fertility god ...

and give thanks to the Roman fertility god Lupercus. The feast day was held on February 15, and, as part of the celebrations, boys would be called upon to draw girls' names from a box. Whoever ...

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