Glossary of ancient Roman religion may have had a sacrificial element. The "wolf priests", organized into two colleges and later three, who participated in the Lupercalia. The most famous "Lupercus" was Mark Antony. A ritual of purification which was held every five years under the jurisdiction of censors in Rome. Its original meaning was purifying by washing in water (Lat. "lustrum" from verb "luo", "I wash in water"). The time elapsing between two subsequent lustrations being of five years the term "lustrum" took up the meaning of a period of five year. "Manubia" is a technical term of the Etruscan discipline, and refers to the
Lustrum (novel) Lustrum (novel) Lustrum (US: Conspirata; 2009) is a historical novel by British author Robert Harris. It is the sequel to "Imperium" and the middle volume of a trilogy about the life of Cicero (106–43 BC). For its 2010 release in the United States, and Italy, it was retitled "Conspirata". The book continues in the format of the first novel, with the story told in the first-person from the point of view of Cicero's secretary Tiro. It follows on immediately from "Imperium", starting with the beginning of Cicero's consulship and ending with his exile as a result of the enmity of