ante diem v idus martias
Festival of Mars (day 11)
222 A.D. — murder of the emperor Elagabalus
ca. 263 A.D. — martyrdom of Heraclius
ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Thalus
ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus
1903 — birth of Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution, among other seminal works)
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