bAcchAnALiA
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Roman The Latin name for the
orgiastic rites of Bacchus (see Dionysus). The
excesses of drunken and violent behavior of the
people who followed this cult led to a senatorial
decree banning them in Italy in 186 b.c. In spite of
severe penalties, people continued to celebrate these
rites for centuries. Numerous paintings depict the
bacchanalia; among the most famous are those by
Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and
French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665).