Festival of Mars continues (day 21) Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts 1766 — death of Richard Dawes (Classical scholar)

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== The Bothros of Aeolus, a ritual pit on the island of Lipari that reveals the secrets of the cult that united Greeks and indigenous people in Sicily The Bothros of Aeolus, a ritual pit on the island of Lipari that reveals the secrets of the cult that united Greeks and indigenous people…

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Festival of Mars (day 20) Quinquatrus (day 2) — second day of a five-day festival (although the name originally came from the fact that it came five days after the Ides, apparently) sacred to Mars but also somehow connected to Minerva; it was also apparently a ‘school holiday’, so no doubt we’ll soon be reading…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== First Four-Wheeled Chariots Found in Iron Age Britain Near Queen Cartimandua’s Capital – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/first-four-wheeled-chariots-found-in-iron-age-britain-near-queen-cartimanduas-capital/ [AI?] Evidence of ‘crucifixion’ found in Roman graves | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-890552 Divers find marble treasure from Athens’ Acropolis in Lord Elgin’s shipwrecked brig at the bottom of the Aegean Sea | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/divers-find-marble-treasure-from-athens-acropolis-in-lord-elgins-shipwrecked-brig-at-the-bottom-of-the-aegean-sea Fisherman…

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Festival of Mars (Day 19) Quinquatrus (Day 1) — a festival celebrating Minerva’s birthday (maybe) rites in honour of Minerva (obviously connected to the above) 11 B.C.E. — Herod dedicates his renovated Temple in Jerusalem 303 A.D. — Martyrdom of Pancharius of Nicomedia 363 A.D. — fire destroys the Temple of Apollo on the Palatine

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