May 2

Floralia
504 B.C. - P. Valerius triumph over Sabines and Veientines

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

459 B.C. - Q. Fabius triumph over Aequians and Volscians. [Ibid.]

1453 - Fall of Rome - Constantinople/Byzantium fell to the Ottoman Turks.

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