TDIAH
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pridie nonas martias Festival of Mars (day 6) 12 B.C. — Augustus becomes pontifex maximus ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Conon in Pamphylia
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ante diem iii nonas martias Festival of Mars (day 5) 399 B.C. — death of Socrates (according to one reckoning) 13 B.C. — death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning) 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges
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ante diem iv kalendas martias Festival of Mars (day 4) 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is given the title princeps iuventutis ca 254 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaius
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kalendae martiae This was originally the beginning of the New Year for the ancient Romans (and the consuls would probably enter office on this date prior to 153 B.C.) Festival of Mars, which included a procession of the Salian priests around the city singing their mysterious Carmen Saliare “birthday” of the temple of Juno Lucina…
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pridie kalendas martias Amburbium — a ‘moveable feast’ which may or may not have actually been held on this day, but does seem to have happened near the end of February. A sacrificial procession was led around the boundaries of the city as a rite of purification. 116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day…
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