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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas februarias

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ante diem xii kalendas februarias

ludi palatini (day 1/4)

63 A.D. — birth of Claudia (daughter of Nero and Poppaea)

1609 — death of Joseph Justus Scaliger

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas februarias

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ante diem xiii kalendas februarias

  • ludi palatini (??)
  • 175 A.D. — Commodus is enrolled in all the priestly colleges
  • 225 A.D. (or 226) — birth of the future emperor Gordian III
  • c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Pope Fabian at Rome
  • c. 288 A.D. — martyrdom of Sebastian at Rome

 

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas februarias

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ante diem xiv kalendas februarias
  • Ludi Palatini (day 3)
  • c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna
  • 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus
  • c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina

 

 

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas februarias

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ante diem xvi kalendas februarias

  • Ludi Palatini (day 1)
  • 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th)
  • 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia
  • 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome
  • 42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine