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ante diem iv kalendas septembres ¶ 29 A.D. — beheading of John the Baptist (traditional date) ¶ 70 A.D. — Romans enter the Temple at Jerusalem (that seems late) ¶ 112 A.D. — death and deification of Ulpia Marciana, sister of the emperor Trajan
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ante diem v kalendas septembres ¶ rites in honour of Sol and Luna near the Circus Maximus 29 B.C. ¶ dedication of the ara Victoriae in the Curia ¶ 430 A.D. — death of St. Augustine ¶ 1797 — birth of Karl Otfried Muller (Classical scholar and archaeologist)
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ante diem ix kalendas septembres rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis 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…
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ante diem x kalendas septembres ¶ Vulcanalia — a festival in honour of Vulcan, which included games in the Circus Maximus ¶ rites in honour of Maia and the Nymphs ¶ rites in honour of Ops Opifera and Hora Quirini ¶ 93 A.D. — death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, father-in-law of the historian Tacitus, and subject of the…
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ante diem xi kalendas septembres ¶ 1540 – Death of Guillaume Bude ¶ 1752 – Death of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, among other talents)
