entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,scholarly attestation,"Attested in Beard, North, Price, Religions of Rome."
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA,direct attestation,DND 3.39 (Manes / di Inferi as a theological category debated). Primary philosophical source for Manes theology.
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_OVID_FASTI,direct attestation,"Fasti 2.533-616: the Parentalia (February 13-21) — the feast of the dead when the Manes (ancestral spirits) are propitiated; Ovid describes the ritual: cold offerings at the tomb, violets, and wine; the Feralia (February 21) closes the festival; primary literary account of Roman ancestor cult"
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation,"Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries."
ENT_ROM_MANES,SRC_VARRO_ANTIQ,direct attestation,Varro on di Manes as the souls of the departed; City of God 7.6; standard ancient classification.