Prayer to Mars, Lares
Mars · Lares
Lasas assist us, Lasas delight us, Lasas come to our aid! Neither plague nor ruin, Marmor, allow to be visited on us. But if however we are invaded, like Mars we shall leap across our borders to sate you with the blood of our enemies and stay the barbarians. Marmor assist us, Marmor defend us, Marmor come to our aid. Triumph, triumph, triumph, triumph, triumph!
Fons · Source
AuthorFratres Arvales
WorkCarmen Arvalium (CIL VI 2104)
Sectioninscription, recorded 218 AD
Periodarchaic Latin (preserved in inscription of 218 AD)
Occasionarchaic hymn of the Arval Brethren — ritual song invoking the Lares and Mars (Marmor) for protection of fields and borders from plague, ruin and barbarian invasion
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
DeitiesMars, Lares
Functionspetition · protection
Sphereagricultural · military · civic