TDIAH
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ante diem iv nonas maias 11 B.C. — dedication of the Theatre of Marcellus ca. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Florian in what would become Austria ca. 304 A.D. — martydom of Pelagia at Tarsus 1406 — death of Coluccio Salutati (humanist and proto-Classicist)
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kalendae maiae 1700 — death of John Dryden (poet and translator of many of the versions of ancient poetry which abound on the internet)
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pridie kalendas maias ludi Florae (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A.E. Housman
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ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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ante diem iv kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 2) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
