This Day in Ancient History: nonas octobres

nonas octobres

  • rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
  • rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
  • ludi Augustales scaenici (day 3 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
  • ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 19-23 A.D.)
  • 15 B.C. — birth of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus “Minor”), son of the future emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina
  • 1st century A.D. (?) — martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus … and Apuleius

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  1. […] This Day in Ancient History: nonas octobres « rogueclassicism rogueclassicism.com/2009/10/07/this-day-in-ancient-history-nonas-octobres – view page – cached * rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius * rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly… (Read more)* rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius * rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius * ludi Augustales scaenici (day 3 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) * ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 19-23 A.D.) * 15 B.C. — birth of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus “Minor”), son of the future emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina * 1st century A.D. (?) — martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus … and Apuleius (Read less) — From the page […]

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