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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas sextilias

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Emperor Caligula, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
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ante diem xiv kalendas sextilias

  • Mercatus
  • Lucaria (day 1) — an obscure festival which seems to be associated with commemorating Rome’s being saved from the Gauls (by hiding in groves?)
  • 37 A.D. — the emperor Gaius (Caligula) gives the people a congiarium
  • 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 2)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias

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Head of the philosopher Carneades (215–129 BC)...
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ante diem xvii kalendas sextilias

  • Mercatus — as is often the case in the Roman calendar, a lengthy festival is followed by an opportunity to restock the cupboards (or cash in on the tourist traffic?)
  • 217 B.C. — birth of the philosopher Carneades (by one reckoning)

This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus quinctilias

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Elagabalus
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pridie idus quinctilias

  • Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days
  • 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus quinctilias

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ante diem iii idus quinctilias

  • ludi Apollinares (day 8)– games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo
  • 431 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Apollo outside the pomoerium (and associated rites thereafter)
  • 100 B.C. (?) — birth of G. Julius Caesar (another possible day)
  • ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Myrope