ante diem xviii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 2) — a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva 510/509 B.C. — establishment of the Roman Republic (source?) 287 — martyrdom of Rufinus

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Quinquatrus minusculae (day 1) ? — dedication of a Temple of Jupiter Invictus (and associated rites thereafter) 323 B.C.– death of Alexander the Great after a brief illness (according to one reckoning) 40 A.D. — birth of Gnaeus Julius Agricola 313 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Licinius

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456 B.C. — Herodotus recites his Histories at Athens (according to one reckoning; supposedly on the 12th of Hekatombaion) 17 B.C. — venatio, ludi circenses, lusus Troiae (the latter was a sort of precision equestrian drill put on by the sons of the rich and famous, probably a lot like the RCMP’s Musical Ride) 86 A.D. —…

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