In ancient Rome, this was the date of the Parilia and was the accepted date for celebrating the birthday of Rome in 753 B.C.
Ovid describes the Parilia in his Fasti. After Ovid's persona invokes the relevant god, Pales, he describes the carrying of ashes of calves and bean stalks, jumping over bonfires, and the water sprinkling involved in a purification rite. Ovid connects the Parilia with the birth of Rome by suggesting, among other options, that the fire of the Parilia is like the fire burning Troy that Aeneas escaped.
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We have already shown reason for our statement that the Roman imperial system was a very unsound political growth indeed. It is absurd to write of its statecraft; it had none. At its best it had a bureaucratic administration which kept the peace of the world for a time and failed altogether to secure it.
Let us note here the main factors in its failure.
The clue to all its failure lies in the absence of any free mental activity and any organization for the increase, development, and application of knowledge. It respected wealth and it despised science. It gave government to the rich, and imagined that wise men could be bought and bargained for in the slave markets when they were needed. It was, therefore, a colossally ignorant and unimaginative empire. It foresaw nothing.
HG Wells, OUTLINE OF HISTORY