05 Minimus II - Moving on in Latin

ROMAN

REPORT

ing

a baby

welcom

of a

baby

an important

event took

Shortly

after the

birth

was

a day

of purification

this

dies

liistricus:

place,

the

when

also the occasion

. It was

for

both

mother

and

baby

place

on the

eighth

day

.

It took

was

named

baby

the

boy

. Friends

for a

ninth

and

on the

for a girl

birth

after

to enjoy a

home

baby's

would

come to the

and

family

such

as

bring

presents,

They

would

.

celebratory

meal

. Especially

popular

were

crepundia;

and

flowers

toys

be tied

usually

that

would

small metal toys

were

these

the

would

enjoy

baby

.

The

around

the

baby's

neck

.

noise

that

they

made,

just like

a modern

rattle

clinking

.

a bulla

also given

baby

was

this special day,

the

On

family)

for a

poorer

(or leather

This gold locket

to

contained

charms

.

evil spirits

drive

away

not

would

A boy

until

his bulla

remove

he

"put on the

toga"

when

he became

a

age

at about

the

man,

would

a girl

of sixteen;

her

bulla

not

remove

day.

her

wedding

until