This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xv kalendas novembres
ante diem xv kalendas novembres
Tiberius. As. Bilbilis mint. L. Aelius Sejanus, praetorian consul. Struck AD 31. TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVGVSTI • F • AVGVSTVS•, laureate head right / MV (ligate) • AV(ligate)GVSTA • BILBILIS • TI • CÆSARE • V ÆLIO • [SEIAN]O, large COS within wreath. RPC I 398; NAH 1079-80; SNG Copenhagen 620. Important historical type with the name of Sejanus removed in damnatio memoriae. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)48 B.C. — Octavian dons his toga virilis
17 A.D. — restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter)
31 A.D. — Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius.
33 A.D. — Death of Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina ‘the elder’), wife of Germanicus and mother of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), among others (another possible date).
