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"There were many holidays in the ancient Roman calendar and most of them were religious. There were many fixed holidays or feriae stativae and many feriae conceptivae which were holidays with no fixed dates, the dates being decided by the priests." ~ from The Evolution of the ancient Roman calendar on the Romae Vitam site.
The video above comes from the article How Roman festivals influenced modern-day Easter, March 23, 2016, on the University of British Columbia news site. Read the article...