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the oldest religious calendar has Equirria
It is probable that the position of the Circus Maximus in the vallis Murcia[486] was due to horse-racing near the underground altar of Consus, a harvest deity, and the oldest religious calendar has Equirria (horse-races) on February 27 and March 14, no doubt in connexion with the preparation of the cavalry for the coming season of war.
— from Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler

the old ruling classes has everywhere
It is quite evident that the challenge of the new democracy to the old ruling classes has everywhere produced exasperation.
— from Humanly Speaking by Samuel McChord Crothers

taste our Roman cheer he exclaimed
"'What noble Lucumo comes next to taste our Roman cheer?'" he exclaimed with a dramatic wave of the hand.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos by Hildegard G. Frey

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