Consualia
consualia consuales ludi name two ancient roman festival honor consus tutelary deity harvest stored grain consuales ludi harvest festival held august december connection grain storage shrine consus underground covered earth year uncovered one day mar god war protector harvest also honored day lares household god individual family held sacred celebration horse mule ass exempted labour led street adorned garland flower chariot race held day circus maximus included odd race chariot pulled mule roman mythology consualia founded romulus occasion gather sabine neighbor community assembled state drunken festivity romulus men abducted daughter sabine become bride see rape sabine woman also sacrifice consus july consus feast followed related goddess ops opiconsivia august opalia december according livy festival honor neptune h h scullard festival ceremony roman republic london thames hudson –