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ante diem xiiv kalendas martias Parentalia (Day 4) — the period for appeasing the dead continued 309 A.D. — martyrdom of Pamphilius
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ante diem xv kalendas martias Parentalia (Day 3) — the festival for appeasing the dead continues Lupercalia 44 B.C. — Julius Caesar is offered — and declines — the title of rex and the diadem to go with it 1515 — death of Aldus Manutius
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ante diem xvi kalendas martias Parentalia (day 2) — the period for appeasing the dead continued. 270 A.D. — traditional date for the beheading of Saint Valentine
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pridie nonas februarias 211 — death of Septimius Severus at York; his son Caracalla assumed the title of pontifex maximus at this time
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Image via Wikipedia kalendae februariae Rites in honour of Juno Sospita: Juno Sospita was originally worshipped in Lanuvium, where she seems to have had started out as a fertility goddess of some sort and evolved into a warrior protectrix of the city. When Lanuvium was granted Roman citizenship in 338 B.C., the cult was also…
