This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas februarias

ante diem xiv kalendas februarias

  • Ludi Palatini (day 3)
  • c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna
  • 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus
  • c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas februarias

ante diem xv kalendas februarias

  • Ludi Palatini (day 2) — the theatrefest continues
  • 52 B.C. — murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher near Bovillae
  • 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Moseus
  • 1898 — death of H.G. Liddell (Greek lexicographer and father of Alice-in-wonderland)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xviii kalendas februarias

ante diem xviii kalendas februarias

  • carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January
  • 69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of Otho

This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus januarias

pridie idus januarias

  • 49 B.C. — Caesar crosses the Rubicon (yet another suggestion).
  • c. 230 A.D. — martyrdom of Tatiana in Rome
  • c. 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Arcadius in Mauretania