TDIAH
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ante diem vi idus maias 214 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Claudius II Gothicus 232 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and Palmatius 238 A.D. — murder of Maximinus Thrax (by one reckoning) 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Epimachus at Alexandria 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, and Benedicta at Leontini…
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ante diem vii idus maias Lemuria (day 1) — a Roman festival involving assorted rituals to keep the ghosts of one’s ancestors happy
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ante diem viii idus maias 1737 — birth of Edward Gibbon (Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire)
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nonas maias 431 B.C. — the “Peloponnesian War” began (according to one reckoning) 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning) 1941 — death of Sir James Frazer (The Golden Bough)
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pridie nonas maias c. 69 A.D. — martyrdom of Evodius of Antioch
rogue classicism 