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BakkhanaliaBacchanalia

A festival in honor of Bakkhus (Bacchus) that was fueled by wine which incited frenzy in the participants.

The Bakkhanalia was banned by the Romans in the second century BCE because of the depraved and wanton nature of the festivities.

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