idus decembres
- Rites in honour of Tellus, the earth goddess which perhaps included a lectisternium (a ‘dinner party’ at which images of the god(s) would ‘dine’ with participants) in honour of Ceres.
- 405 B.C. — battle of Aegospotami (by one reckoning)
- 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Lucy of Syracuse
- 1783 — Death of Samuel Johnson
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