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About Carmen Arvale
The Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Carmen Arvale is preserved on an inscription discovered in 1778 during the construction of a sacrarium for Pope Pius VI, which—according to the classicist Arthur E. Gordon—is perhaps to be identified with the Sagrestia of St. Peter's Basilica. On the back of the inscription, there is mention of the emperor and the consul Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, thereby implying a date of 218 CE. The song is only a component of the broader inscription, which also describes the proceedings of a celebration of the goddess Dea Dia.
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