This Day in Ancient History:ante diem xvii kalendas februarias

  • 27 B.C. — Octavian is given the title “Augustus“, the clupeus virtutis and duo laurae
  • 9 B.C. (?) — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Pannonia
  • 10 A.D. — dedication of a Temple of Concordia
  • 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Fusca and Maura
  • 1794 — death of Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
  • 1907 — birth of Philip Vellacott (translator of the Oresteia and various other works)

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