Dea Dia

Religion in ancient Rome
Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter
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libation · sacrifice · votum · temples · festivals · ludi · funerals Imperial cult · mystery religions
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Pontifex · Augur · Vestal · Flamen Fetial · Epulones · Arval
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List of Roman deities Twelve major gods Capitoline Triad · Aventine Triad underworld gods · indigitamenta Deified emperors: Divus Julius · Divus Augustus
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Glossary of ancient Roman religion Roman mythology Religion in ancient Greece Etruscan religion Gallo-Roman religion Interpretatio graeca Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism
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In ancient Roman religion, Dea Dia is a goddess of growth. She was sometimes identified with Ceres, and sometimes with her Greek equivalent Demeter.

She was worshiped during Ambarvalia, a festival to Ceres. Every May, her priests, the Fratres Arvales, held a three day festival in her honor.^[1]

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