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Did you know... that the
Roman festival of hilaria, which allowed anyone to
masquerade as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate
EmperorCommodus, by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the
Praetorian Guard?
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The note "For the saint of this name, see Saints Chrysanthus and Daria" should be deleted or modified because there is no saint named Hilaria on the linked page, only a single passing mention of a person called Hilaria
The Lesser Merlin (
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A fact from Hilaria appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the
Roman festival of hilaria, which allowed anyone to
masquerade as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate
EmperorCommodus, by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the
Praetorian Guard?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Holidays, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
holidays on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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The note "For the saint of this name, see Saints Chrysanthus and Daria" should be deleted or modified because there is no saint named Hilaria on the linked page, only a single passing mention of a person called Hilaria
The Lesser Merlin (
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