May 1

Kalends
Ludi Florales / Floralia
Dedication of the temple of Bona Dea
Laribius (Celebration of the Lares Praestites or Lares Publici)
475 B.C. - P.. Valerius triumphs over the Veientines and Sabines
326 B.C. - Q. Publilius triumph over Samnites.
110 B.C. - M. Livius triumph over Macedonians and Scordiscans.
Galerius became co-emperor in A.D. 305 as part of the Tetrarchy
Maximinus Daia became co-emperor in A.D. 310
Emperor Arcadius died in A.D. 408.

[Source: "Hints for Teachers," by Willis A. Ellis. The Classical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 8. (May, 1936), pp. 516-520.]

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