The Tubilustrium

"The last day of the five exhorts us to purify The tuneful trumpets, 

and sacrifice to the mighty god. 

Now you can turn your face to the Sun and say: 

`He touched the fleece of the Phrixian Ram yesterday'. 

The month of March was the traditional start of the campaign season, and the Tubilustrium was a ceremony to make the army fit for war. It was held on March 23, the last day of the Greater Quinquatrus (the festival of Mars and Minerva), and it occurred again on May 23. The sacred trumpets (tubae) were originally war trumpets, but later they were used for ...

... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Pagan Calendar, and can be found in its entirety here: The Tubilustrium