ante diem xvi kalendas sextilias
- Mercatus
- rites in honour of Victory on the Capitoline
- ?? B.C. — dedication of a Temple to Honor and Virtue (and associated rites thereafter)
- 180 — some sort of persecution under Saturninus (details?)
Year: 2009
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias
ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias
- Mercatus — as is often the case in the Roman calendar, a lengthy festival is followed by an opportunity to restock the cupboards (or cash in on the tourist traffic?)
- 217 B.C. — birth of the philosopher Carneades (by one reckoning)
This Day in Ancient History: idus quinctilias
idus quinctilias
- Mercatus — gotta stock the cupboards!
- probatio/transvectio equitum Romanorum — the semi-annual parade of the horsey set
This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus quinctilias
pridie idus quinctilias
- Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days
- 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus quinctilias
ante diem iii idus quinctilias
- ludi Apollinares (day 8)– games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo
- 431 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Apollo outside the pomoerium (and associated rites thereafter)
- 100 B.C. (?) — birth of G. Julius Caesar (another possible day)
- ca. 251 A.D. — martydom of Myrope
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