concept
sacred spring (ver sacrum)
An ancient Italian vow to dedicate to a god all that the coming spring brought forth from the herds, revived after Trasimene.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 22 §9 sacred spring
The ver sacrum, an ancient vow to dedicate to a god all the coming spring brought forth from the herds.
- The History of Rome, Book 33 §45 Sacred Spring
An ancient Italic vow dedicating to the gods all that a coming spring should produce; vowed in the Hannibalic crisis and performed twenty-one years later.
- The History of Rome, Book 34 §31 sacred spring
The ver sacrum, a vow dedicating a season's offspring, here re-performed for a flaw in rite.