March 31, 2010

pridie kalendas apriles rites in honour of Luna at her temple on the Aventine c. 130 A.D. — martyrdom of Balbina 250 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Constantius I Chlorus 307 A.D. — Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of Maximian 1596 — birth of Rene Descartes (author, of course, of that bit of Latin which a pile…

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