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2003 Sep 26 is Julian 2452544
= 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 38321
5763 tishri 20
1995 maskaram 16 1719 tut 16 1423 rajab 18
1924 asvina 06 1381 mehr 04 211 vendémiaire
05 159 'izzat 19
China-Republic - 91 - 08 - 20 // 78 - 19 / ren-Horse - 08 -
20
12 baktun / 19 katun / 09 tun /
11 winal / 01 k'in
// 09 - imix //
14 - chen / g5
Julian 2002 Sep 13 — LVDI ROMANI
IX IDVS SEPTEMBRIS MMDCCLV A.V.C
Explanation
of various calendars
The Ides of September are sacred
to the Capitoline triad Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, for whom temples
were dedicated in CCXLV A.V.C. (509 BC). Juno is the wife of Jupiter and
the deified queen of heaven and womankind. She protects the growth and well-being,
as well as the fertility, of every woman. Minerva is considered to be the
sublime female abstraction of thought or mind. The name Minerva is derived
from the word memini (to remember). Her realm is that of wisdom, education,
industriousness, commerce, and the various arts that women practice, including
sewing arts and music. Minerva is considered to be the Roman equivalent
of Athena, but not as a warlike personification.
This is one of the days on which the salt
cakes, the mola salsa, were used as part of the sacrificial meal.
This is the only day of the month in which
sacrificing and feasting would occur in public.
The emperor Titus died this day in DCCCXXXIV
A.V.C. (81 AD) in Aquae Cutiliae. He was 41. His last words were the enigmatic
"I have made but one mistake." Having reigned most excellently, it was probably
the one that killed him -- he apparently died from malaria.