TDIAH
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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)
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ante diem xvi kalendas junias 218 A.D. — Elagabalus recognized as emperor at Emesa
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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
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ante diem iii idus maias Lemuria (day 3) 177 A.D. — martyrdom of Glyceria
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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…
rogue classicism 