ante diem ix kalendas septembres
- rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis
- mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November 8th ) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and the manes (spirits of the dead) were free to walk the streets of Rome.
- 72 A.D. — martyrdom of Batholomew at Albanopolis
- 79 A.D. — Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae
- 410 A.D. — Alaric sacks Rome
- 1971 — death of Carl Blegen (excavator of Pylos)
- 1997 — death of Philip Vellacott
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