by Aldus Marius on Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:06 am
Fastorum notitia, Tuesday, 10/28/2008:
Ante Diem V Kalendas Novembres [C]
[C] Comitialis est dies: Comitia, yes; Courts, yes.
From the SVR Calendar:
- Ascension of Maxentius, 306 CE.
- Constantine’s victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge overthrows Maxentius, who drowns in the river, 312 CE. [Ipso in die!]
Wednesday, 29 October:
Ante Diem IV Kalendas Novembres [C]
Notes: [C] Comitialis: Comitia, yes; Courts, yes.
"Marius said, I learned from my father and other righteous men that elegance is proper to women but toil to men, that all virtuous men and women ought to have more fame than riches, and that arms, not furniture, confer honour." (Sallust, Jugurtha 85.40)
Thursday, 30 October:
Ante Diem III Kalendas Novembres [C]
Notes: [C] Comitialis: Comitia, yes; Courts, yes.
"The sailor talks of winds and the plowman about bulls, the soldier counts his wounds and the shepherd counts his sheep." (Propertius 2.1.43-44)
And Friday, 31 October 08 (Boo!):
Pridie Kalendas Novembres [C]
Notes: [C] Comitialis: Comitia, yes; Courts, yes.
"If, when a west wind prevails, the Moon does not make Her reappearance before Her fourth day there will be a prevalence of stormy weather throughout the month (of November)." (Pliny 18.79).
In fide,
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.