TDIAH

pridie nonas martias Festival of Mars (day 6) 12 B.C. — Augustus becomes pontifex maximus ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Conon in Pamphylia … and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, we were reading of possible sequels to the Passion and something called the Cleisthenes Project (a quick glance at google now suggests several projects…

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ante diem iii nonas martias Festival of Mars (day 5) 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning) 13 B.C. — death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning) 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges

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ante diem xvi kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 1) 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th) 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome 42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine Ten years ago at rogueclassicism, it was a rather quiet…

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ante diem xviii kalendas februarias carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January 69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of…

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ante diem xix kalendas februarias ca. 82 B.C. — birth of Marcus Antonius (a.k.a. Mark Anthony)

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