Category: TDIAH

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas junias

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ante diem xvi kalendas junias

  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Heradius
  • 1510 — death of Botticelli (Birth of Venus, among other Classical subjects)
  • 1875 — a horse named Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby (he ‘just’ won)

This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus maias

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pridie idus maias

  • rites in honour of Mars Invictus
  • procession of the Argei (images of humans made from bullrushes) in anticipation of them being tossed in the Tiber tomorrow
  • c. 130 A.D. — martyrdom of Henedina

This Day in Ancient History:

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  • ante diem v idus maias
  • Lemuria continues (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze
  • rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of the Lares
  • 14 A.D. — Augustus‘ last official census comes to an end
  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Anthimus
  • 330 A.D. — Constantine renames Byzantium and makes it his capital
  • 1988 A.D. — death of E.T. Salmon (Samnium and the Samnites)