Provincia Pannonia - Events (Nova Roma)

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Floralia Festival in Aquincum (Budapest)

Reenactment of a Roman wedding

The next picture is a historical reenactment of a confarreatio. Cn. Lentulus in a role of pontifex and two members of the "Gladius" Reenactor Association as bride and groom. T. Popillia Laenas as assistant holds the sacral text of the ceremony reenactment:

Real sacrifice to all Gods and to Concordia for Nova Roma in Aquincum

On the next pictures you can see a real (not reenactment) sacrifice conducted an the ruins of Aquincum, before the ruins of an ancient Roman temple. The ceremony began with a pompa, led by Cn. Lentulus, sacerdos Pannoniae and sacerdos Concordiae, followed by the Legio XXI Rapax and the crowd of visitors and spectators. The first picture shows the pompa:

The sacral procession goes forward to the altar, where the priestly assistants are waiting:

The pompa of Nova Romans and spectators of the Floralia Festival are processing to the altar on the ancient ways of Aquincum.

The altar before the ruins of an ancient temple. L. Livia Plauta, tribuna plebis, scriba of the Pannonian legatus pro praetore Cn. Lentulus and T. Popillia Laenas, citizen of Pannonia, both priestly assistants of sacerdos Lentulus, are preparing to the ceremony and awaiting for the arrival of the procession:

Th sacrifice begins. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, consular quaestor, governor and sacerdos of the province, and sacerdos of Goddess Concordia, salutes the altar with adoratio: