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ante diem vi idus novembres mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November 8) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and the manes…

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ante diem vii idus novembres ludi Plebeii (day 4) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues 63 B.C. — Cicero accuses Lucius Sergius Catilina of various misdeeds (the so-called Second Catilinarian Conspiracy) … 8 B.C. — Death of Maecenas, patron of Vergil, Horace, and many other artists in Augustan Rome

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ante diem viii idus novembres ludi Plebeii (day 3) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues 63 B.C. — Lucius Sergius Catilina and his co-conspirators meet, with nefarious plans for the morrow 15 (or 16) A.D. — birth of Julia Agrippina (“the younger”), daughter of Germanicus, sister to the emperor Gaius (Caligula), mother…

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climacteric (Dictionary.com) gorgonize (Merriam-Webster) emulous (Wordsmith) pyromania (OED) Latinitweets: verb 4: advenio , advenire, adveni => arrive http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) November 5, 2012 forma: form, shape, beauty: noun. Example sentence:Forma linguae Latinae a multis laudatur.Translation:The beaut… http://t.co/zn40sd6u — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) November 5, 2012

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nonas novembres ludi Plebeii (day 2) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues

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