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I suspect your medieval source was confusing Claudius' birthday with what might be called Augustus' birthday. As the article mentioned by JL demonstrates, they seem to have preserved the Sept. 23 'traditional date' ...

dm


On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:33:24 -0700 (PDT), John Lupia <jlupia2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Judith L Sebesta <jsebesta@usd.edu> wrote:
>> Was Augustus' birthday celebrated on the Kalends of
>> August, once that month was named in his honor?  (According to a
>> medieval text, it was.)  With thanks for any help, Judith
>
> Dear Judith:
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> So it seems.
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> <http://individual.utoronto.ca/mclean/Teaching/1502/i_priene.html>
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