The Roman GoldFest this October 13-15, Meditrinalia & Fontinalia, will include events which include meeting, greeting, having fun - and loads of history! Traditionally Meditrinalia was the festival of the new wine, in honour of both the goddess of medicine Meditrina and Jupiter, as a god of wine. Fontinalia, for its part, continued the Meditrinalia celebrations - it is quite likely Romans were healing their hangover with some more wine and water from the fountains - as a festival to honour the fountains of Rome. Thus, in October, Rome will be seeing an unpreceded combination of wine and water flowing!

Events of Meditrinalia & Fontinalia

Most of the Meditrinalia & Fontinalia events have already been planned and scheduled, although later changes are of course possible. All festivities will be conducted at the Meditrinalia topic, except for the Great Satyre of the last day, which will take place at The Theatre of Marcellus.

Although Meditrinalia and Fontinalia were traditionally celebrated a couple of days earlier, our festivities are a part of the overall site Goldfest and thus, the days allocated to Rome are October 13-15. Each day, the festivities will be conducted at 10 and 11 am, as well as 3, 5, and 7 pm. The order of specific types of events planned will also vary so that as many citizens as possible could catch at least one item to their liking! Here is a full schedule of Meditrinalia & Fontinalia events:

13th Meditrinalia, Day I

11 am Opening Ceremony: Proserpina Curius, Paullus Fabius, and Maximius Flavius perform a ritual and speeches

- Walk to Forum, Meeting and Greeting

12 pm Trivia Quiz I (Latin Trivia): Tanaquil Sergius will be posting questions on this topic

- Hangabout at the Forum & Procession to the Temple of Jupiter

3 pm Scavenger Hunt I: First hint will be posted on this topic at this time

- Walking towards the Circus Maximus; Tasting the New Wine

7 pm Races I: Edwinus Aelius


14th Meditrinalia, Day II

10 am Breakfast

- the Poetry Contest begins and runs through the day, closing at midnight; on the next day, the demigods (Cornellia, Heraklia, Jojo) will judge the winner

11 am Trivia I Winners Announced & Scavenger Hunt II: Hint posted at this time

- Meeting and Greeting & Walk to Circus Maximus

3 pm Scavenger Hunt I Winners Announced & Trivia Quiz II (Roman History Trivia): Paullus Fabius will be conducting the trivia

5 pm Races II: Edwinus Aelius

7 pm Banquet - Feasting at the Palatine


15th Fontinalia

10 am Breakfast

11 am Sacrifice with Wine; Announcement of Winners of All Contests

- Walking towards the Caelius Hill

3 pm Banquet with Honorary Seats for Winners, on the Caelius Hill

- Walk to the Circus Again

5 pm Races III: Edwinus Aelius

- -Walk to the Theatre of Marcellus

8 pm The SatyrePlay: "Livius' Lies" by Heraklia Aelius

Preparations in Advance

Everyone wishing to partake in the festivities is encouraged to read the posts on the Meditrinalia topic and for lots of information, read the Meditrinalia description by Senex Caecilius and visit these links posted by Nantonos Aedui. Also do not forget to Pick up Your Meditrinalia invitation to be added to your domus! There are two different styles of invitations, both by Rome's own Diantha Livius, as well as a beautiful plaque by Camilla Lucretius. Also, to decorate your home again, most of the Floralia Graphics, such as the doorway garlands by Donalda Antonius, are still at your disposal!