Armilustrium
Armĭlustrium, i, n.,
- the Roman festival of the consecration of arms; v. Armilustrum.
- 1. jaarlijks feest v.d. wapenwijding in Rome;
- 2. plaats op de Aventinus waar het feest gehouden werd.
Armilustrium
A Roman festival for the purification of arms, and celebrated annually on the 19th of October. It marked the end of the campaigning season, as the Quinquatrus marked the beginning of it. See Mommsen, Inscr. Lat. Ant. p. 404; and Livy, xxvii. 37.