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Festivals

Carmentalia

Carmentalia, a festival of the Roman calendar. This site has 2 entries about it, listed in calendar order with the Roman date.

  1. January 11 · a.d. III Id. Ian. · Roman calendar date
    Carmentalia (first day) (Annual)
  2. January 15 · a.d. XVIII Kal. Feb. · Roman calendar date
    Carmentalia (second day) (Annual)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)