This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas septembres

pridie kalendas septembres

¶    12 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Gaius (Caligula) at Antium

¶   40 A.D. — Gaius (Caligula) celebrates an ovatio after his attempted military campaigns in Gaul and Britain

¶   161 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Commodus (and his twin, Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus)