March 17
ante diem xvi kalendas aprilesFestival of Mars
Itur ad Argeos - a 2-day procession to the shrines of the Argei.
Liberalia - Liber was an old Italian god of fertility celebrated on this day by means of games held on the campus martius.
Agonalia - Sacrifice or festival. Normal day for boys to come of age, put aside the purple-edged toga praetexta and bulla in the presence of his domestic gods (lares), and then registered at the tabularium in the forum as a member of the tribe and a full citizen. He then made a sacrifice to Liber or Iuventus or both. Then there was a grand family dinner and he was ready for tirocinium militiae (military service).
45 B.C. - Julius Caesar victory at Munda
A.D. 180 - Death of Marcus Aurelius
A.D. 461 - Traditional date for the death of Saint Patrick
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