pridie nonas martias
- Festival of Mars (day 6)
- 12 B.C. — Augustus becomes pontifex maximus
- ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Conon in Pamphylia
Month: March 2009
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iii nonas martias
- Festival of Mars (day 5)
- 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning)
- 13 B.C. — death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning)
- 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges
Classical Words of the Day
This Day in Ancient History
Classical Words of the Day
- au fait (Wordsmith)
- temerity (Dictionary.com)
- oligopsony (Merriam-Webster)
- polyonymosity (Worthless Word for the Day)
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