ante diem x kalendas novembres
42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide
12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia
524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius
… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia we were getting our first hints that maybe the Bactrian Hoard had been saved from the Taliban …