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The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic

Note 867 — MENSIS SEXTILIS.

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It was a late foundation, vowed by C. Duilius in the First Punic War (B.C. 260). When rebuilt by Tiberius (Tac. Ann. 2. 49) the dedication-day became Oct. 18. See Aust, de Aedibus sacris, p. 18.

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