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April 23, 2017
The Temple of Venus Eryx was dedicated on 23 April 215 BCE.

February 17, 2017
Italian painter and draughtsman Giuliano Bugiardini died on 17 February 1554.

February 12, 2017
Mario Mafai, who with his wife Antonietta Raphaël was one of the central figures of a group of artists called the Scuola di Via Cavour, was born 12 February 1902 in Rome, where he lived and worked for much of his life until his death there in 1965.

February 5, 2017
The feast day of St. Agatha (231-251) is celebrated on 5 February.

January 9, 2017
Architect Pier Luigi Nervi Died on 9 January 1979 in Rome.

November 27, 2016
On This Day in History (27 November 180) Commodus became Emperor of Rome.

October 16, 2016
Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, and cultural critic Oscar Wilde was born 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland.

September 18, 2016
Fortuna seemed to have a special interest in the fates of the imperial dynasties on 18 September.

August 7, 2016
The third son of Constantine I, Flavius Julius Constantius II was born in Illyricum on 7 August 317.

July 29, 2016
Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini died on 29 July 1752 in Rome at age 62.