PEASE HELP!what festivals did the Romans celebrate to honor the gods and goddesses?
The most important festivals were the Saturnalia, the Consualia, the Lupercalia and the rites of the Bona Dea Saturnalia is the feast with which the Romans commemorated the dedication of the temple of the god Saturn, which was on 17 December. Over the years, it expanded to a whole week, to 23 December. Saturnalia became one of the most popular Roman festivals. It was marked by tomfoolery and reversal of social roles, in which slaves and masters ostensibly switched places, with expectedly humourous results. The Consuales Ludi or Consualia is a festival instituted by Romulus, which honors Consus, the god of counsel, and the one who protects the harvest which is in storage at the time of the festival, Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. In Roman mythology, Bona Dea (literally “the good goddess”) was the goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women. She
