The Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Fratres Arvales were an ancient order of priests, dated back to the time of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, that still persisted to the imperial period. ... The Fratres Arvales were an ancient order of priests, dated back to the time of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, that still persisted to the imperial period. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...

The Arval priests were devoted to the goddess Dea Dia, and offered sacrifices to her to ensure the fertility of ploughed fields (Latin arvum). There were twelve Arval priests, chosen from patrician families. During the Roman Empire the Emperor was always an Arval priest. They retained the office for life, even if disgraced or exiled. Their most important festival, the Ambarvalia, occurred during the month of May, in a grove dedicated to Dea Dia. Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases... In Roman mythology, Dea Dia is the goddess of growth. ... Fertility rites are religious rituals that reenact, either actually or symbolically, sexual acts and/or reproductive processes. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Patricians were originally the elite caste in ancient Rome. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Ambarvalia was a Roman agricultural fertility rite held at the end of May in honour of Ceres. ...

Their records contain the text of their sacred hymn, the Carmen Arvale, which is an interesting bit of Old Latin. It goes: The Forum inscription is one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions. ...

enos Lases iuvate

enos Lases iuvate

enos Lases iuvate

neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris

neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris

neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleoris

satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber

satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber

satur fu, fere Mars, limen sali, sta berber

semunis alterni advocapit conctos

semunis alterni advocapit conctos

semunis alterni advocapit conctos

enos Marmor iuvato

enos Marmor iuvato

enos Marmor iuvato

triumpe triumpe triumpe triumpe triumpe

While passages of this text are obscure, it seems to seek the aid of Mars and the Lares (lases), beseeching Mars not to let ruts form in the fields, asking him to be satiated, and dance, and call forth sacred sowers. A miniature early 2nd-century Roman bronze figurine of Mars. ... Lares (pl. ...

The Carmen Arvale was revived by Gerald Gardner as a Wiccan chant. The cover of Witchcraft Today, in which Gardner made the disputed claim to have encountered religious witchcraft survivals in England. ... The pentacle or pentagram; a symbol used by many Wiccans. ...