Roman Republic The rapid spread of the Bacchanalia cult throughout the Roman Republic, which, it is claimed, indulges in all kinds of crimes and political conspiracies at its nocturnal meetings, leads to the Roman Senate issuing a decree, the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, by which the Bacchanalia are prohibited throughout all Italy except in certain special cases which must be approved specifically by the Senate.
Roman Republic The rapid spread of the Bacchanalia cult throughout the Roman Republic which it is claimed, indulges in all kinds of crimes and political conspiracies at its nocturnal meetings leads to the Roman Senate issuing a decre,e, the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus, by which the Bacchanalia are prohibited throughout all Italy exc,ept in certain special cases which must be approved specifically by the Senate.