Day: May 15, 2013

This Day in Ancient History: idus maias

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idus maias

  • Festival of Jupiter
  • rites in honour of Mercury
  • rites in honour of Maia
  • the Argei are tossed into the Tiber from the Sublician Bridge ….
  • 251 — martyrdom of Isidore of Chios
  • 392 A.D. — death of the emperor Valentinian II

Following Hadrian | Picture of the day: The circular temple dedicated to the Venus of Knidos, Hadrian’s Villa Tivoli, Italy | FOLLOWING HADRIAN

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Picture of the day: The circular temple dedicated to the Venus of Knidos, Hadrian’s Villa Tivoli, Italy