pridie idus quintiles
¶ Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days
¶ 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
¶ 1671 — death of Méric Casaubon (classical scholar … son of Isaac)
¶ 1742 — death of Richard Bentley (English philologist)
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