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ante diem xv kalendas novembres 48 B.C. — Octavian dons his toga virilis 17 A.D. — restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter) 31 A.D. — Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius. 33…
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ante diem xvi kalendas novembres c. 107 — martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch c. 136 — martyrdom of Heron
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ante diem xvii kalendas novembres 1861 — birth of J.B. Bury, author of History of the Later Roman Empire, among other ‘standard’ texts
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idus octobres festival of Jupiter — all ides were sacred to Jupiter Rite of the ‘October Horse’ — one of the many rituals which makes the study of Roman religion so fascinating. On this day a race between two-horse chariots would be held in the Campus Martius, and the right hand horse of the victorious…
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pridie idus octobres rites in honour of the Penates Dei — the Penates Dei were originally the penates who watched over the storehouse of the king (when Rome had such, obviously); at some point, the Penates Dei came to be identified with Castor and Pollux, but they still had a temple under their own name…
rogue classicism 