TDIAH
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ante diem xvii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 3 of a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva ) Quando stercus delatus fas (“When the ‘trash’ is taken out”) and the Temple of Vesta is closed to the public 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Vitus (and companions)
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ante diem xviii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 2) — a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva 287 — martyrdom of Rufinus
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idus junias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 1) ? — dedication of a Temple of Jupiter Invictus (and associated rites thereafter) 323 B.C.– death of Alexander the Great after a brief illness (according to one reckoning) 40 A.D. — birth of Gnaeus Julius Agricola 313 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Licinius
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pridie idus junias 456 B.C. — Herodotus recites his Histories at Athens (according to one reckoning; supposedly on the 12th of Hekatombaion) 17 B.C. — venatio, ludi circenses, lusus Troiae (the latter was a sort of precision equestrian drill put on by the sons of the rich and famous, probably a lot like the RCMP’s…
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ante diem iii idus junias Matralia — a festival held in honor of Mater Matuta involving matrons and their nieces (with some slave abuse thrown in as well) 1184 B.C. — Greeks capture Troy (according to one reckoning) during the time of Servius — dedication of the Temple of Mater Matuta and the Temple of…
rogue classicism 