pridie kalendas apriles

• rites in honour of Luna at her temple on the Aventine
• c. 130 A.D. — martyrdom of Balbina
• 250 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Constantius I Chlorus
• 307 A.D. — Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of Maximian
• 1596 — birth of Rene Descartes (author, of course, of that bit of Latin which a pile of folks know)

ante diem iii kalendas apriles

• 317 B.C. — death of Phocion (?)
• 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Quirinus at Rome

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 …

ante diem viii kalendas apriles

• c. 30 A.D. — crucifixion of Dismas “the Good Thief” at Jerusalem
• 101 A.D. — Trajan departs for his first war against the Dacians
• 235 A.D. — The emperor Maximinus Thrax is coopted into all the priestly colleges
• c. 269 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyrinus

ante diem ix kalendas apriles

• Festival of Mars (day 24)
• Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — a somewhat obscure entry in the Roman calendar which seems to hearken back to the days of the monarchy. A plausible explanation connects this with the fact that this was one of the days when the ancient Comitia Calata would ‘witness’ wills, and so other legal matters could not take place until the king had dismissed the comitia.
• Happy blogday to Jim Davila’s Paleojudaica …