when a general pledged his own life as an offering along with the enemy, was directed at the gods of the underworld under the name Di Manes.

Festivals and topography

Religious sites and rituals for the di inferi were properly outside the pomerium, Rome's sacred boundary, as were tombs. Horse racing along with the propitiation of underworld gods was characteristic of "old and obscure" Roman festivals such as the Consualia,

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