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ante diem xii kalendas novembres 1558 – death of Julius Caesar Scaliger Ten years ago at rogueclassicism, we were reading about an amphitheatre find in Germany, a Roman barge in the Netherlands, and the latest (at the time) research about the eruption of Thera, inter alia. Many of the links from that day are…
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nonas octobres rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in…
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ante diem iv nonas octobres fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly…
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ante diem v nonas octobres ludi Augustales scaenici (day 1 — from 19-23 A.D.) — a festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays Meanwhile, a decade ago rogueclassicism had its first post on the Kalash claims of descent from Alexander, inter alia …
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kalendas octobres rites in honour of Fides on the Capitoline — these involved a procession of the flamines in a “two horse hooded carriage” to the shrine. The flamines had to bind themselves up as far as their fingers as a symbolic gesture that fides (good faith) had to be kept. rites associated with Juno…
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