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This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas maias

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11 B.C. — dedication of the Theatre of Marcellus

ca. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Florian in what would become Austria

ca. 304 A.D. — martydom of Pelagia at Tarsus

1406 — death of Coluccio Salutati (humanist and proto-Classicist)

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ludi Florae (possible day 7) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms
c. 62 A.D. — martyrdom of James the Lesser in Jerusalem
c. 80 A.D. — martyrdom of Philip the Apostle in Heirapolis, Phrygia
115 or 116 A.D. — martyrdom of Pope Alexander I in Rome
c. 286 — martyrdom of Maura at Thebias (Thebais?)
326 — traditional date for Helena finding the ‘True Cross’ in Jerusalem …