2012/10/26 by Frances Hickson Hahn · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Spanish Culture and Identity #Hymn #Period (music) #Art #Ancient history #History #Literature #Aesthetics
paper · doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17082
published in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2012/10/26 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Abstract The Carmen Saliare is an archaic Roman hymn, sung by priests called Salii as they performed ritual dances through the city of Rome. The ritual took place over a period of several days in March and October, the traditional opening and close of a primitive war cycle.