TDIAH
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kalendae maiae 1700 — death of John Dryden (poet and translator of many of the versions of ancient poetry which abound on the internet)
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pridie kalendas maias ludi Florae (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A.E. Housman
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ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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ante diem vii kalendas maias Robigalia — an ancient agricultural festival designed to appease the numen Robigo/Robigus who caused mildew 404 B.C. — Athens surrenders to Sparta, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end (by one reckoning) 68 A.D. — martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist 1940 — death of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (excavator of Tiryns)
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ante diem viii kalendas maias Vinalia (day 2?) 1184 B.C. — “conquest and destruction of Troy” (according to one reckoning) 339 B.C. — Timoleon defeats the Carthaginians at the Crimesus (according to one reckoning) 27 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius dons his toga virilis
