1. Feast of _Carna_, goddess of the internal organs of the body, and of _Juno Moneta_. 4. Feast of _Bellona_. 5. Feast of _Deus Fidius_. 7 to 15. Feast of _Vesta_. 19. _Matralia_. Feast of Mater Matuta. Other lesser festivals in this month to _Summanus, Fortuna, Fortis, Jupiter Stator_, etc. _July_. 1. Day devoted to changing residences, like the 1st of May in New York. 4. _Fortuna Muliebris_. 5. _Populifuga_. In memory of the people's flight, on some occasion, afterward forgotten. 7. Feast of _Juno Caprotina_. 15. Feast of _Castor and Pollux_. Other festivals in this month were the _Lucaria, Neptunalia_, and _Furinalia_. _August_. 1. Games to _Mars_. 17. Feast of the god _Portumnus_. 18. _Consualia_, feast of Consus. Rape of the Sabines. 23. _Vulcanalia_, to avert fires. 25. _Opeconsivia_. Feast of Ops Consiva. _September_. The chief feasts in this month were the games (_Ludi Magni_ or _Romani_) in honor of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. _October_. 13. _Fontinalia_. Feast of fountains, when the springs were strewed with flowers. 15. Sacrifice of a horse to _Mars_. The feasts in November are unimportant. _December_. 5. _Faunalia_, in honor of Faunus. 19. _Saturnalia_, sacred to Saturn. A Roman thanksgiving for the harvest. It lasted seven days, during which the slaves had their liberty, in memory of the age of Saturn, when all were equal. The rich kept open table to all comers, and themselves waited on the slaves. Presents were interchanged, schools were closed. The Senate did not sit.