Neptunalia
neptunalia obscure archaic twoday festival honor neptune god water celebrated rome heat drought summer probably july varro de lingua latina vi one dy comitiales committee citizen could vote civil criminal matter ancient calendar day marked nept ludi et feria nept ludi leonhard schmitz smith see link concluded festival celebrated game ludi respecting ceremony festival nothing known except people used build hut branch foliage umbra according festus umbra probably feasted drank amused horace carmina iii c tertullian de spectaculis celebration neptunalia still celebrated city sousse tunisia name carnival awussu celebration transformed time unfold lost religious connotation lacuscurtius website william smith dictionary greek roman antiquity neptunalia