August 19
ante diem XIV Kalendas September
Vinalia Veneri ad Circum Maximum
Vinalia Feriae Iovi
The second festival of wine, following the Vinalia Priora of April 23. Originally they honored Jupiter, but later Venus.
"It seems the wine of the previous harvest could first be brought to Rome on 23 April, while on 19 September the ceremonies of the Vinalia Rustica were designed to gain protection of the growing wines, and the flamen Dialis officially announced the vintage (auspicatur vindemoniam), a practice which continued in Varro's day."
Temple of Venus Obsequens built by Q. Fabius Maximus Gurges from fines imposed on adulteresses, he'd obtained as curule aedile.
A temple to Venus Libitina also dedicated on September 19 in the Lucus Libitinae on the Esquiline. This was the area of undertakers (libitinarii).
From H.H. Scullard's Festival and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic.A.D. 232 Emperor Probus was born at Sirmium.
