August 5

Nonas August (nonas sextilias)
Cicero's daughter, Tullia Cicero's birthday
Saluti in Colle Quirinale sacrificium publicum
The dies natalis of the colony of Brundisium and of the Temple of Salus
Temple of Salus was dedicated in 302 B.C. by C. Junius Bubulcus when dictator.
Macrobius called Salus "Semonia". Under the Empire, Salus became Salus Publica populi Romani.

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