TDIAH
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ante diem iv idus martias Festival of Mars (day 12)
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ante diem v idus martias Festival of Mars (day 11) 222 A.D. — murder of the emperor Elagabalus ca. 263 A.D. — martyrdom of Heraclius ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Thalus ca. 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Trophimus 1903 — birth of Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution, among other seminal works)
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ante diem vii idus martias Festival of Mars (day 9) which included another procession of the Salian priests around the city 320 A.D. — martyrdom of Candidus and the other “Forty Armenian Martyrs”
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ante diem viii idus martias Festival of Mars continues (day 8) 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Philemon and companions 1757 – death of Thomas Blackwell (Classical scholar)
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nonae martiae Festival of Mars continues (day 7) rites at the temple of Vediovis on the Capitoline 322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (maybe) 149 A.D. — birth of a daughter, Lucilla, to the emperor Marcus Aurelius 161 A.D. — death of Antoninus Pius; dies imperii of Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius 203 A.D.– martyrdom…