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May Day Home Valentine's Day On Valentine’s Day young people in Ancient Rome chose future marriage partners by drawing names from a hat. The festival called Lupercalia honored love that the ancient Roman celebrated. Some of the relationships did not work out very well or did not last very long.The Roman god Cupid played a role in Valentine’s Day.

Cupid played a role called love for a long time. To the ancient Romans, Cupid was the son of Venus.Cupid was known as Eros, the son of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

The ancient Romans loved to play games and go to festivals. They were preparing for a festival or at a festival having fun. The ancient Romans invented the origins of many of the fun activities.



 

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