The Ludi Piscatorii was a

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holiday celebrated on 7 June in the 3rd century BC in honor of

Father Tiber Tiberinus is a figure in Roman mythology. He was the god of the Tiber River. He was added to the 3,000 rivers (sons of Oceanus and Tethys), as the genius of the Tiber. Mythology According to Book VIII of Virgil's epic ''Aeneid'', Tiberinus help ...

. The holiday was celebrated by the fishermen of Rome; the celebration was directed by the

Praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vario ...

. All fish that were caught on this day were sacrificed by fire at the Temple of Vulcan

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