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...ere substituted for human victims. There is the well-known example of the Argei. These straw puppets were tossed by the Vestal Virgins into the River Tibe

Crowds go to the Argei (their own page will tell who they are).

... know which deity was being honored or appeased in these rituals involving argei. ... have been an act of purification from all the evils of the year which the argei personified as demons.

Each May 15th, 24 rush puppets tied hand and foot, called ''Argei'', were taken in a procession of magistrates, pontifices and [[Vestal Virgi

|16||a.d. XVII Kal. Apr.||C||F|| Ater, [[Argei|ad Argeorum Sacella Procedere]], F. Marti

...ve been to prevent her ancles from being seen); and when she went to the [[argei]] she neither combed nor arranged her hair. On each of the [[nundinae]] a r

{{{2|[[Agonalia]] • [[Ambarvalia]] • [[Amburbium]] • [[Argei]] • [[Armilustrium]] • [[Brumalia]] • [[Caprotinia]] • [[Caristia]] ...barvalia]] • [[Amburbium (Nova Roma)|Amburbium]] • [[Argei (Nova Roma)|Argei]] • [[Armilustrium (Nova Roma)|Armilustrium]] • [[Brumalia (Nova Roma)|

* 16–17: the procession of the [[Argei]] ...mple of Mars Invictus (Mars the Unconquered); a second procession of the [[Argei]]<ref>Alternatively dated to May 15.</ref>