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nonas octobres rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in…
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pridie nonas octobres ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) — — festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 19-23 A.D.) 105 B.C. — the Cimbri inflict a massive defeat on Roman legions at Arausio 68 B.C.…
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ante diem vii kalendas septembres 55 B.C. — Julius Caesar invades Britain, but doesn’t stick around very long 1875 — Birth of John Buchan, 1st Baron of Tweedsmuir and Governor-General of Canada … and author of a decent biography of Augustus
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ante diem viii kalendas septembres Opiconsivia — rites in honour of Ops, an old Italian earth deity and usually considered the spouse of Consus 79 A.D. — death of Pliny the Elder in the wake of the eruption at Pompeii 325 A.D. — Council of Nicaea comes to an end, having come up with the…
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ante diem xi kalendas septembres 1540 – Death of Guillaume Bude 1752 – Death of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, among other talents)
rogue classicism 