Regifugium

E819334

Regifugium was an ancient Roman festival commemorating the legendary flight or expulsion of the last king, symbolizing the transition from monarchy to the Roman Republic.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Regifugium canonical 2

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman religious observance ⓘ
ancient Roman festival ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Roman festivals ⓘ
Roman priesthood ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
rex sacrorum ⓘ
calendarCategory dies religiosus ⓘ
commemorates end of Roman monarchy ⓘ
expulsion of the last Roman king ⓘ
flight of the last Roman king ⓘ
connectedWithOffice rex sacrorum as non-political religious successor of the king ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom Latin words "rex" (king) and "fugere" (to flee) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fuga Regum ⓘ
Fugalia ⓘ
hasCivicMeaning affirmation of the abolition of kingship in Rome ⓘ
hasLatinName Regifugium ⓘ
hasReligiousMeaning maintenance of traditional royal rites without political monarchy ⓘ
hasRitualAction formal sacrifice by the rex sacrorum ⓘ
public appearance of the rex sacrorum in the Forum ⓘ
rapid departure of the rex sacrorum from the Forum ⓘ
hasUncertainOrigin true ⓘ
interpretedAs ritual reenactment of the king’s flight ⓘ
linkedToEvent establishment of the Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Republic

overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus ⓘ
linkedToLegendOf Tarquinius Superbus ⓘ
recordedBy Ovid ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Varro ⓘ
scholarlyDebate whether it marks historical expulsion of kings or a purely ritual event ⓘ
symbolizes transition from monarchy to the Roman Republic ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Forum Romanum ⓘ
Roman calendar ⓘ
ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
takesPlaceOn 24 February ⓘ
timePeriod archaic Roman religion ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jupiter → festival → Regifugium ⓘ
Regifugium → hasLatinName → Regifugium ⓘ