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Roman citizens were instructed to bring offerings to the tombs of their dead ancestors which consisted of at least "an arrangement of wreaths, a sprinkling of grain and a bit of salt, bread soaked in wine and violets scattered about."<ref name=OvidII>[[Ovid]]. ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'', Book II.</ref> Additional offerings were permitted, however the dead were appeased with just the aforementioned.<ref name=OvidII/> These simple offerings to the dead were perhaps introduced to [[Latium]] by [[Aeneas]], who poured wine and scattered violet flowers on his father [[Anchises]]' tomb.<ref name=L922>Littlewood. ''Latomus'', pg. 922</ref> Ovid tells of a time when [[Roman citizenship|Romans]], in the midst of war, neglected Feralia, which prompted the spirits of the departed to rise from their graves in anger, howling and roaming the streets.<ref name=OvidII/> After this event, tribute to the tombs were then made and the ghastly hauntings ceased. To indicate public mourning, marriages of any kind were prohibited on the Feralia, and Ovid urged mothers, brides, and widows to refrain from lighting their wedding torches. Magistrates stopped wearing their insignia<ref name=Dumezil/><ref name=Parentalia>''Brill's New Pauly''. "Parentalia."</ref> and any worship of the gods was prohibited as it "should be hidden behind closed temple doors; no incense on the altar, no fire on the hearth."<ref name=OvidII/>