Watches the Lupercalia from the Rostra
· Rostra, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license · file At the Lupercalia Caesar sat on the Rostra in triumphal dress while Antony publicly offered him a diadem, which Caesar rejected. The event occurred at the Lupercalia in February 44 BC; the ancient-source quotation does not itself provide a day.