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Kalends ( KAL MART NP ) Dies religiosus
Feriae Marti (Festival of Mars)
New Year's Day. The salii set out dancing around the city, while beating their shields with their swords.

Matronalia. Day celebrating Juno as the mother of the year.

This was the last day of the carnival, the celebration from the Terminalia to the first day of spring.

A.D. 293 Co-emperor Maximian adopts Constantius, who is given the title Caesar

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