The Caprotinia, or festivals of Juno Caprotina, were ancient Roman festivals celebrated on July 7 in favor of female slaves. During this solemnity, they ran around fighting with their fists and with rods. Only women attended the sacrifices offered during this festival.
Juno Caprotina / Caprotinia in favor of the female slaves of Rome
Plutarch's Life of Numa and Life of Camillus offer two possible origins for this festival, or the famous Nonae Caprotinae or Poplifugium. Firstly – and, according to Plutarch, most probably – it commemorates the mysterious disappearance of Romulus during a violent storm that interrupted an assembly in the Palus Caprae ("Goat Marsh").
Second, it commemorates a Roman victory by Camillus over the Latins; according to a minor tradition, a Roman servant or slave dressed as a noblewoman and surrendered to the Latins as a hostage; that night she climbed a wild fig tree (caprificus, literally "goat fig tree") and gave the Romans a torchlight signal to attack.
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On this day, the Romans celebrated Juno Caprotina in honor of slave women. The priestesses flogged themselves with their fists or pieces of wood. This commemorates a Roman victory by Camillus over the Latins; according to a minor tradition, a Roman servant or slave dressed as a noble woman and surrendered to the Latins as a hostage; That night she climbed a wild fig tree and gave the Romans a signal by torchlight to attack. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar July #7 #rome #caprotinia
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