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ante diem vi nonas maias ludi Florae (possible day 7) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over…
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ante diem vi nonas maias a.k.a. Floralia (day 6) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of…
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pridie kalendas maias ludi Florae (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A.E. Housman
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ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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ante diem vi kalendas maias ca. 89 A.D. — martyrdom of Cletus 121 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Marcus Aurelius
rogue classicism 