February 21, 2011
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Adrian Murdoch approaches the end of the ‘Year of the Four Emperors’: Emperors of Rome: Vitellius
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ante diem ix kalendas martias Parentalia possibly comes to an end with the festival of Feralia, during which sheep were sacrificed to the dead; the additional rites mentioned by Ovid (Fasti 2.565 ff) apparently in connection with the Feralia probably have nothing to do specifically with the festival. 4 A.D. — death of hoped-for-successor-to-Augustus Gaius…
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