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, annual festivals at Rome, observed in honour of the god Terminus, in the month of February. It was then usual for peasants to a emble near the principal landmarks which separated their fields, ♦ and after they had crowned them with garlands and flowers, to make libations of milk and wine, and to sacrifice a lamb or a young pig. They were originally established by Numa, and though at first it was forbidden to shed the blood of victims, yet in proce of time landmarks were plentifully sprinkled with it. Ovid , Fasti , bk. 2 , li. 641 .— Cicero , Philippics , bk. 12 , ch. 10 . ♦ ‘aad’ replaced with ‘and’