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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 196 — BOOK I (continued 2)

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

They would be taken out on the 1st of March to be used in the sacred dances of the Salii (the 'Dancing Priests'). Their festival lasted the whole month, and Otho started on the 14th.

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