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Excerpt from Rites and Ritual Acts as Prescribed by the Roman Religion According to the Commentary of Servius on Vergil's Aeneid Gladly would we have shown here at the beginning of the first part of our work, how the whole life of the Roman citizen, from the cradle to the grave, was inuenced by ritualism and was not only overshadowed, but also regulated by it unfortunately, however, nothing at all can be found in the commentary of Servius on the Aeneid, which refers to rites for childhood and early youth. Therefore, let us begin our discussion with weddings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.