Jupiter (god)

chief deity of Roman state religion

The Ides of March is the day on the Roman calendar marked as the Idus, roughly the midpoint of a month, of Martius, corresponding to 15 March on the Gregorian calendar. It was marked by several major religious observances. In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar, which made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history.

A ' (plural, ') was a specific type of priest ("sacerdos") in the ancient Roman religion and one of the oldest classes of the Roman priesthood, with origins likely predating the Republican era. These flamines, of which there were fifteen, were high-ranking members of the College of Pontiffs who administered and oversaw the various cults of the state-sponsored religion, both collectively and individually. The most important of these were the three ("major priests"), who each served one of the gods of the Archaic Triad: Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus. The remaining twelve ("lesser priests") served

in Roman religion, the trio of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, worshipped in the temple on Capitoline Hill in Rome (for the archaic triad of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, use Q3182384)

A fetial (; , . ) was a type of priest in ancient Rome. They formed a collegium devoted to Jupiter as the patron of good faith.

bronze tables containing inscriptions in Italic languages

an ancient Roman celebration held at the completion of various eras or on important anniversaries

thumb|Foundation of Etruscan temple at Tarquinia, scene of the Tages legend. thumb|Furrows of the arable land in Umbria

tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire

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Ancient Roman religious festival

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high priest of Jupiter in ancient Rome

French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault

Ritual feast offered to Jupiter

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ancient Roman games

opera by Francesco Cavalli

thumb|Jean-Philippe Rameau Naïs is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 22 April 1749 at the Opéra in Paris. It takes the form of a pastorale héroïque in three acts and a prologue. The librettist was Louis de Cahusac, in the fourth collaboration between him and Rameau. The work bears the subtitle Opéra pour La Paix, which refers to the fact that Rameau composed the opera on the occasion of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, at the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession. Its original title was Le triomphe de la paix, but criticism of the terms of the treaty led to a change

thumb|Title page (1651, 2nd edition)