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ante diem xii kalendas decembres Mercatus — time to restock the cupboards after the Jupiterfest! 63 A.D. — shipwreck of St. Paul (by one reckoning) 270 (?) — birth of the future emperor Maximinus Daia 284 A.D. — elevation of Diocletian to the rank of Caesar
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ante diem xiii kalendas decembres Mercatus — time to restock the pantry after the lengthy festival in honour of Jupiter 1665 — death of Nicholas Poussin (painter of many Classical subjects)
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ante diem xiv kalendas decembres Mercatus — in the wake of the lengthy ludi Plebeii, the Romans needed a few days to restock their cupboards ca. 64 A.D. — upside down crucifixion of Peter 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius of Antioch 1718 — premiere of Voltaire’s Oedipe in Paris
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ante diem xvi kalendas decembres ludi Plebeii (day 13) — the Jupiterfest is still going on 42 B.C. — birth of the future emperor Tiberius
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ante diem xvii kalendas decembres ludi Plebeii (day 12) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on … 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Gurias 1907 — birth of Nicholas G.L. Hammond (The Genius of Alexander the Great, among others) [for the record, I don’t believe today is the day for the festival of Feronia,…
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