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ante diem iii idus januarias Carmentalia begins (day 1) — a two-day festival (with a three day break between the days) in honour of the deity Carmenta, who was possibly a goddess of both childbirth and prophecy. 49 B.C. — Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon (by another reckoning) ?? B.C. — dedication of the Temple…
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ante diem vi idus januarias 13 A.D. — consecration of the signum Iustitiae Augustae by the future emperor Tiberius ca 175 — martyrdom of Apollinaris
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ante diem vii idus januarias 43 B.C. — dies imperii (officially) of Octavian ?? A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius becomes one of the VIIvir epulonum
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ante diem viii idus januarias 1822 — birth of Heinrich Schliemann (excavator of Troy, Mycenae)
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nonae januariae ludi compitales — day three of a moveable festival which might occur anytime between Saturnalia and January 5. It was largely a rural occasion involving woollen dolls being made to represent each free member of the household (simple woollen balls would be used to represent slaves) being hung up on the eve of…
