ante diem xv kalendas decembres

• ludi Plebeii (day 14) — the Jupiterfest is almost over
• 9 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vespasian
• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphaeus and Zacchaeus

• rites in honour of Jupiter
• epulum in honour of Jupiter
• rites in honour of Feronia
• rites in honour of Fortuna Primigenia
• rites in honour of Pietas (?)
• ludi Plebeii (day 10) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on (much of the above must be connected to it all)…
• 36 B.C. — ovatio of Octavian for “his” victories over Sextus Pompeius in Sicily; the real author of the victory, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, was granted the corona rostrata
• 354 — birth of Augustine

pridie idus novembres

ludi Plebeii (day 9) – the Jupiterfest continues

ante diem viii idus novembres

• ludi Plebeii (day 3) — the major festival in honour of Jupiter continues
• 63 B.C. — Lucius Sergius Catilina and his co-conspirators meet, with nefarious plans for the morrow
• 15 (or 16) A.D. — birth of Julia Agrippina (“the younger”), daughter of Germanicus, sister to the emperor Gaius (Caligula), mother of the emperor Nero, wife of the emperor Claudius … a very powerful woman