Carmentalia

Carmentalia
Observed by	Roman Republic, Roman Empire
Type	Ancient Roman
Date	11 January 15 January

Carmentalia was the feast day (11 January to 15 January) of the Roman goddess Carmenta, an ancient oracle who later was deified by the Romans. She had her temple atop Capitoline Hill. Carmenta was invoked in it as Postvorta and Antevorta, epithets which had reference to her power of looking back into the past and forward into the future. The festival was chiefly observed by women.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1870).