Day: March 28, 2014

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas apriles

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ 1 Comment
ante diem v kalendas apriles
  • 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome
  • 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus
  • 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the rank of Augustus

… in the early Church, this was one of the days claimed as the day of Jesus’ birth …