{"id":49791,"date":"2019-05-03T19:04:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/ciekawostka\/geese-were-holy-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T19:47:36","slug":"geese-were-holy-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/geese-were-holy-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Geese were holy in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interestingly, this custom was derived from the story that took place in 390 BCE. At that time, <b>Capitol<\/b> relied on the invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/geografia\/krainy-sasiednie-rzymu\/galia\/\">Gauls<\/a> from the Padus valley. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Gauls decided to conquer the hill at night. For this purpose, they chose the steepest approach and the moment when the defenders tired of long-term struggles and hunger fell asleep. However, Romans were warned by <b>geese<\/b> &#8211; sacred birds of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/religia\/bogowie-starozytnego-rzymu\/spis-bogow-rzymskich\/junona\/\">goddess Juno<\/a> &#8211; about the approach of the enemy. The commander of the defence <em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/marcus-manlius-capitolinus\/\">Marcus Manlius Capitolinus<\/a><\/em> reacted immediately and the attack was repulsed. The defenders not only defended the hill but also drove the enemy out of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To commemorate this event, the ancient Romans walk carried one of the geese in the litter. Dogs that fell asleep along with people were punished (one of them was hanged).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35984,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[83],"class_list":["post-49791","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-ancient-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/49791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/49791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=49791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}