§127. The Liberalia.--The festivities of the great day began in the early morning, when the boy laid before the Lares of his house the _bulla_ (§99) and _toga praetexta_, called together the _īnsignia pueritiae_. A sacrifice was then offered, and the _bulla_ was hung over the hearth, not to be taken down and worn again except on some occasion when the man who had worn it as a boy should be in danger of the envy of men and gods. The boy then dressed himself in the _tunica rēcta_ (§76), having one or two crimson stripes if he was the son of a senator or a knight, and over this was carefully draped the _toga virīlis_. This was also called in contrast to the gayer garb of boyhood the _toga pūra_, and with reference to the freedom of manhood the _toga lībera_. §128. Then began the procession to the forum. The father had gathered his slaves and freedmen and clients, had been careful to notify his relatives and friends, and had used all his personal and political influence to make the escort of his son as numerous and imposing as possible. If the ceremony took place on the _līberālia_, the forum was sure to be crowded with similar processions of rejoicing friends. Here were extended the formal congratulations, and the name of one more citizen was added to the official list. An offering was then made in the temple of Liber on the Capitoline Hill, and the day ended with a feast at the father's house. CHAPTER V DEPENDENTS: SLAVES AND CLIENTS. HOSPITES REFERENCES: Marquardt, 135-212; Göll, II, 114-212; Guhl and Koner, 764-772; Friedländer, I, 404 f.; Ramsay, 124 f.; Pauly-Wissowa, _clientēs_; Smith, _servus_, _lībertus_, _cliēns_, _clientēla_, _hospitium_; Harper, _servus_, _lībertī_, _clientēs_; Lübker, _servī_, _lībertīnus_, _hospitium_, _patrōnus_.