ante diem xvii kalendas februarias

• 27 B.C. — Octavian is given the title “Augustus“, the clupeus virtutis and duo laurae
• 9 B.C. (?) — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Pannonia
• 10 A.D. — dedication of a Temple of Concordia
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Fusca and Maura
• 1794 — death of Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
• 1907 — birth of Philip Vellacott (translator of the Oresteia and various other works)