TDIAH
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ante diem v idus februarias ca 249 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollonia
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ante diem vi idus februarias 1909 — birth of David Daube
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nonae februariae 218 B.C. — dedication of Temple of Concord by L. Manlius who had vowed the temple after defeating a mutiny of some of his troops in Cisalpine Gaul in 218 B.C. 46 B.C. — Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis commits suicide in the wake of defeat at Thapsus 2 B.C. — Augustus is hailed…
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ante diem iii nonas februarias 316 a.d. — martyrdom of St. Blaise 1995 — death of John Pinsent (classicist and founder of Liverpool Classical Monthly)
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ante diem iv nonas februarias 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Apronian the Executioner at Ancona … it’s also Candlemas Day … And for all you Latin teachers out there , you can present this Latin ‘distich’ quoted by Thomas Browne in Robert Chambers Book of Days (the quoting of) which predates Punxsutawney Phil (and Wiarton…
