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is the first day of the "new Sun". The Calendar of Antiochus of Athens, second century AD, marks it as the "birthday of the Sun". In AD 274, the emperor Aurelian made this the date of the festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the birthday of Sol Invictus or the 'Invincible Sun'. Gary Forsythe, Professor of Ancient History, says "This celebration would have formed a welcome addition to the seven-day period of the Saturnalia

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