Officially, Saint Valentine's Day has been around more than 16 centuries. February 14 in many countries around the world celebrated Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day. It is believed that Valentine's Day has been around more than 16 centuries, but Love holidays known to still earlier times - from the times of ancient pagan cultures. For example, in mid-February the Romans celebrated the festival of eroticism, called of Lupercalia, in honor of the goddess of love Juno Februata. At the festival there is a specific "culprit" - Christian priest Valentine. The story dates back to around the year 269, at the time of the Roman Empire rules the Emperor Claudius II. A belligerent Roman army was experiencing an acute shortage of soldiers for military campaigns, and the captain was convinced that the main enemy of his "Napoleonic" plans - marriage, for married footballer of the glory of the empire thinks much less than that, as a family to feed. And, in order to keep his soldiers in military spirit, the emperor issued a decree banning the legionaries to marry.