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The historical background to the popular Irish saint.

Minoans often painted the chests of men and women similarly, as bare wedges, so it is hard to tell whether these figures are men or women, using traditional clues, yet archaeologists think there are women here, performing the bull-leaping.
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The Liberalia was celebrated with games on the Campus Martius in honor of an ancient fertility god named Liber. Agonalia was a coming-of-age celebration.

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- fasti refers to the festival days or, basically, the Roman calendar [see Roman calendar terminology]
- the "third day after" in Roman counting is the second day after using contemporary calculations
- the "Ides" = the 15th of months with 31 days in them -- like March, and
- the Ides of March was the day on which Julius Caesar was assassinated.
Lincoln is one of those rare figures who becomes more interesting the more you learn about him. More >
Responding to near-anarchy in the Republic of Haiti, the United States occupied the nation from 1915 to 1934. More >
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