Category: TDIAH

This Day in Ancient History: nonae februariae

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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 as pater patriae

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas februarias

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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)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas februarias

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ante diem iv nonas februarias

… 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 Willy, and the plethora of other rodents):

Si sol splendescat Maria purificante,
Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante