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- Dictionarybacchanalian/ˌbakəˈneɪlɪən/
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- 1. characterized by or given to drunken revelry: "a bacchanalian orgy"
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Roman mystery cults of the wine god and seer Bacchus
The Bacchanalia were unofficial, privately funded popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. They were almost certainly associated with Rome's native cult of Liber, and probably arrived in Rome itself around 200 BC. Like all mystery religions of the ancient world, very little is known of their rites. They seem to have been popular and well-organis... Wikipedia