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Thursday 2003 Aug 22 is Julian 2452509 = 3 x 3 x 379 x 719 —
5762 elul 14     1994 nahas 16   1718 misra 16     1423 jamadi~II 12
1924 sravana 31   1381 mordad 31 210 fructidor 05 159 asma 03
China-Republic - 91 - 07 - 14 // 78 - 19 / ren-Horse - 07 - 14
12 baktun / 19 katun /   09 tun   / 09 winal /   06 k'in   //   13 -   kimi    //   19 -  yaxk'in    /   g6

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This day is sacred to Sol Indiges, the solar deity. A public sacrifice was made by the priests on the Quirinal. The animals sacrificed by the temples were provided by the wealthy, or by temple donations, and afterwards they were used to provide free meals to the people attending the ceremonies, or to any poor or homeless people in the streets.
This was the day in MCXXXI A.U.C. (378 A.D.) that the combined forces of the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths inflicted a crushing defeat on the Romans at Hadrianopolis, killing the emperor Valens. The empire never recovered militarily and severe decline set in after this. The event had been entirely unnecessary — the Visigoths had agreed to an alliance in excahnge for land but corrupt Roman officials so exploited them that they became outraged.

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