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ante diem x kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 23) Tubilustrum — as part of the general military preparations which are associated with the festival of Mars, the ‘war horns’ (tubae) were ritually cleaned Quinquatrus (day 5) — final day of the gladiator fest 1606 — Death of Justus Lipsius
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ante diem xii kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 21) Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts 1766 — death of Richard Dawes (Classical scholar)
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pridie idus martias Festival of Mars (day 14) Equirria — the second of two days of horse racing (the first was on February 27) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season 222 A.D. — Severus Alexander is given the title Augustus
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ante diem v idus martias Festival of Mars (day 11) 222 A.D. — murder of the emperor Elagabalus ca. 263 A.D. — martyrdom of Heraclius ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Thalus ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus 1903 — birth of Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution, among other seminal works)
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ante diem vi idus martias Festival of Mars (day 10) … 241 B.C. — Romans are victorious against the Carthaginians in the naval battle of Aegusa, bringing the First Punic War to an end 15 A.D. — Tiberius becomes pontifex maximus ca. 172 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander in Phrygia ca. 258 A.D. — martyrdom…
