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ante diem vi nonas martias Festival of Mars (Day 2) c. 55 A.D. (?) — birth of Decimus Junius Juvenalis … a.k.a. Juvenal 258 A.D. — Martyrdom of Jovinus and Basileus at Rome
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kalendae martiae This was originally the beginning of the New Year for the ancient Romans (and the consuls would probably enter office on this date prior to 153 B.C.) Festival of Mars, which included a procession of the Salian priests around the city singing their mysterious Carmen Saliare “birthday” of the temple of Juno Lucina…
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ante diem v kalendas martias 50 A.D. — The emperor Claudius adopts the future emperor Nero 116 A.D.– supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 1) 138 A.D. — The emperor Hadrian adopts the future emperor Antoninus Pius
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ante diem vi kalendas martias Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the…
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ante diem vii kalendas martias Traditional end of the Roman year (followed by a period of intercalation) Terminalia — a festival in honour of Terminus, the divinity who presided over boundaries. In Rome itself, Terminus had a shrine within the Temple of Jupiter beneath an opening in the roof because, it is said, when they…
