This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iii nonas martias

Festival of Mars (day 5)

399 B.C. -- death of Socrates (according to one reckoning)

13 B.C. -- death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (the triumvir) (according to one reckoning)

51 A.D. -- the future emperor Nero is coopted into all the priestly colleges

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