"May we do so? You know it is the feast of Lupercal..." -Marullus, Julius Caesar, Act I, scene i
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Today, as you run across the Palatine Hill, whipping women with februa to ensure fertility, remember in your heart that all you do, you do for the glory of the Roman republic!
Vivamus pro SPQR!
CONSUETUDO PRO LEGE SERVATUR!
Today, as you run across the Palatine Hill, whipping women with februa to ensure fertility, remember in your heart that all you do, you do for the glory of the Roman republic!
Vivamus pro SPQR!
CONSUETUDO PRO LEGE SERVATUR!
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Some archaeologists think this is the Lupercal, the cave at the bottom of the Palatine Hill where Romulus and Remus were said to have been suckled by the she-wolf.
She-wolf, Romulus, and Remus. (Obviously)