There was no answer.

But if Jess had figured out the symbols of Dispater, then she did not know what secular games were. And with a booming heart, she again climbed into the search engine.

“SECULAR GAMES (lat. Ludi Saeculares) is a Roman holiday that concludes a centenary cycle (saeculum). According to some sources, the first games were held in 249 BC. e. The holiday carried the idea of redemption and marked the end of the old age. Accompanied by nightly sacrifices to the forces of the underworld. It was celebrated on the Field of Mars for three nights and three days in honor of Pluto and Proserpina, above the...