This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas septembres

ante diem x kalendas septembres

¶   Vulcanalia — a festival in honour of Vulcan, which included games in the Circus Maximus

¶  rites in honour of Maia and the Nymphs

¶  rites in honour of Ops Opifera and Hora Quirini

¶  93 A.D. — death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, father-in-law of the historian Tacitus, and subject of the latter’s biography

¶  303 A.D. — martyrdom of Asterius and companions

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