These included the wolf ( hirpus), after which the Hirpini of Campania were supposed to have been named the woodpecker ( picus), which gave its name to the Piceni or Picentes who settled present-day Marche (hence the green woodpecker as the symbol of the region) the vulture ( vultur) of the Vultures and the horse ( equus) of the Aequi or Aequicolae in Latium. Guide animals that led the group sometimes became the eponyms of the new community. The tradition is recorded by Festus, Livy, Strabo, Sisenna, Servius, Varro, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. As a group, the youth were called sacrani and were supposed to enjoy the protection of Mars until they had reached their destination, expelled the inhabitants or forced them into submission, and founded their own settlement. Often they were led by an animal under the auspices of the god. They were entrusted to a god for protection, and led to the border with a veiled face. The human children who had been devoted were required to leave the community in early adulthood, at 20 or 21 years of age. Dionysius of Halicarnassus states the practice of child sacrifice was one of the causes that brought about the fall of the Pelasgians in Italy. Some scholars believe that in earlier times devoted or vowed children were actually sacrificed, but later expulsion was substituted. It was customary to resort to it at times of particular danger or strife for the community.
The practice is related to that of devotio in Roman religion. Among the Sabines, this was the period from March 1 to April 30. The practice consisted in a vow ( votum) to the god Mars of the generation of offspring born in the spring of the following year to humans or cattle. ( May 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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