Parilia

Also known as Parilia Festival, Founder's Day, Rome's birthday, birthday of Rome, Palilia, Festival of Pales, Founding of Rome, Romaia

thumb|''Festa di Pales, o L'estate'' (1783), a reimagining of the Festival of Pales by Joseph-Benoît Suvée The Parilia or Palilia was an ancient Roman festival of rural character performed annually on 21 April, aimed at cleansing both sheep and shepherd. It was carried out in acknowledgment to the Roman deity Pales, a deity of uncertain gender who was a patron of shepherds and sheep.