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a result of surpassing the bravery of male martyrs.[5]

In late antiquity the ceremony of adventus made an impact upon society. Adventus was a ceremony associated with the arrival of someone notable, generally either a ruler or someone else "of great importance."[6] A Roman emperor, for example, would be accompanied by his retinue and greeted by an adventus announced in the city in advance. The city's residents would come carrying "flowers, olive or

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