2 events with tag "galli"
190 BC
ID: 5969
Galli priests shock Rome - eunuch priests of Cybele beg in streets, self-flagellation, castration rituals horrify Romans but cannot expel - goddess saved Rome
ID: 5969
150
ID: 5957
Day of Blood ceremony - March 24, priests of Cybele flagellate selves under pine tree, new initiates castrate themselves in frenzy for Attis
ID: 5957