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ante diem iii kalendas apriles 317 B.C. — death of Phocion (?) 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Quirinus at Rome
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ante diem v kalendas apriles 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the rank of Augustus … in the early Church, this was one of the days claimed as the day of…
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ante diem vi kalendas apriles 538 B.C. — Accession of Cyrus the Great to the Persian throne (according to one reckoning)* 196 B.C.– Ptolemy V Epiphanes becomes pharaoh of Egypt (accordingto one reckoning)* 47 B.C. — Gaius Julius Caesar is victorious in Alexandria 47 B.C. — Ptolemy XIII drowns while trying to cross the Nile…
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ante diem vii kalendas apriles 1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary) 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman
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ante diem xii kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 21) Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts 1766 — death of Richard Dawes (Classical scholar)
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