OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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Dutiful respect towards the gods, family and community; remembering and honouring deceased relatives was one expression of it.
Revise: Roman Festivals of the Dead: Parentalia and LemuriaOvid explains that the dead valued pietas more than costly gifts. Pietas meant dutiful respect towards gods, family and community. Here, it meant maintaining obligations to deceased relatives through remembrance and religious observance.
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A Roman ideal of dutiful devotion to family, the gods and other recognised obligations.