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Mercatus — as is often the case in the Roman calendar, a lengthy festival is followed by an opportunity to restock the cupboards (or cash in on the tourist traffic?) 217 B.C. — birth of the philosopher Carneades (by one reckoning)

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Mercatus — gotta stock the cupboards! probatio/transvectio equitum Romanorum — the semi-annual parade of the horsey set

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