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Maiuma festival in Antioch (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity Marriage of Nabû (Iyyar/April) 03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices 03.01 Public festivals 03.01.02 Marriage of Nabû (Iyyar/April)	Keywords festivals Maiuma
Period 4th century CE Byzantine Empire Roman Empire	Channel Byzantine philosophers and scholars

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Julian the Emperor, Misopogon 362D:
Yet every one of you (= Antiochenes) delights to spend money privately on dinners and feasts; and I know very well that many of you squandered very large sums of money on dinners during the May festival (Maiuma).

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Julian the Emperor, Misopogon 362D

Bibliography

Greatrex and Watt 1999, 9

Greatrex, Geoffrey and John W. Watt. “One, Two or Three Feasts? The Brytae, the Maiuma and the May Festival at Edessa.” Oriens Christianus 83 (1999) 1-20.

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Cf. Antiochene spring festival during Commodus’ reign 180-192 CE (1)
Cf. John the Lydian on the Maiuma festival (1)
Cf. The Maiuma spring festival (1)
Cf. The Maiuma spring festival (2)
Cf. The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (1)
Cf. The Maiuma spring festival at Antioch (2)

Amar Annus

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