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Lares Compitalicii

deity earth Roman single tradition · 2

The Lares of local communities or neighbourhoods (vici), celebrated at the Compitalia festival. Their shrines were usually positioned at main central crossroads (compites) of their vici, and provided a focus for the religious and social life of their communities, particularly for the plebeian and servile masses. The Lares Compitalicii are synonymous with the Lares Augusti of Augustan reform.

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co occurs with
Lares Domestici, Lar Militaris, Lares Patrii, Lares Permarini, Lares Rurales, Lares Viales, Lares Familiares, Lares Grundules, Penates, lar familiaris
syncretized with
Lares Augusti

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wikipedia (2)
  1. Lares
  2. Lares Familiares

Source passages

“Lares Compitalicii (also Lares Compitales): the Lares of local communities or neighbourhoods (vici), celebrated at the Compitalia festival. Their shrines were usually positioned at main central crossroads (compites) of their vici, and provided a focus for the religious and social life of their communities”

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