of April, and that sheep were to be purified (oves lustrantur). In his agricultural treatise, Varro enumerates duties such as weeding crops, breaking ground, cutting willows, fencing meadows, and planting and pruning olives.

The second half of April brought a series of festivals pertaining to farm life:
* April 15: Fordicidia, a festival of agricultural fertility and animal husbandry;
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