This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xii kalendas apriles

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)
Posted by david meadows on Mar-21-06 at 5:27 AM
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