Caprotinia

The nonae Capra Tinae ( Varro: Caprotinae ) were a celebration of the Roman religion, on the Nones of Quinctilis (July 7 ) was held.

In the solid especially the women played a role that kept a victim; Slaves enjoyed - similar to the Saturnalia - unusual freedoms. Late etiological narratives in Plutarch and Macrobius explain this by saying that after the Galliersturm 387 BC the Romans were harassed by their Latin neighbors, who had demanded the surrender of all Roman girls and women. On the advice of a slave named Philotis, probably the name Tutuela was awarded in memory of her brave act later, the Romans sent her and other female slaves, dressed as Roman women and girls in the camp of the enemy. From there Philotis signaled from a fig tree ( caprificus ) from the Romans, who rushed out of the city and the Latins overpowered.

In parts of the tradition, the nonae Capra Tinae are brought together with the hard Poplifugia July 5; whether the two festivals were identical, is controversial in research. Also, the disappearance of Romulus on Caprae palus ( " goat swamp " ) is mentioned in the tradition as the source of the name.

Apparently only secondarily ( Varro and Macrobius ) the festival with Juno Caprotina was connected.

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• Varro De lingua Latina 6, 18
• Plutarch: Romulus 29, 9 (English translation ). Camillus 33 ( English Translation )
• Macrobius, Saturnalia 1, 11, 36-40