This Day in Ancient History:ante diem vii idus octobres

ante diem vii idus octobres

rites in honour of Genius Publicus
rites in honour of Fausta Felicitas
rites in honour of Venus Victrix
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 7 — from 19-23 A.D.)
28 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Apollo on the Palatine (and associated rites thereafter)
c. 95 A.D. — martyrdom of Dionysus the Aeropagite
259 A.D. — martyrdom of Denis and Rusticus

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii idus octobres

ante diem viii idus octobres

nonas octobres

rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 3 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 19-23 A.D.)
15 B.C. — birth of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus “Minor”), son of the future emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina
1st century A.D. (?) — martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus … and Apuleius

pridie nonas octobres

ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) — — festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 19-23 A.D.)
105 B.C. — the Cimbri inflict a massive defeat on Roman legions at Arausio
68 B.C. — Romans under Lucullus defeat the Armenians under Tigranes II at Artaxata (according to one reckoning) …
175 A.D. — martyrdom of Sagar in Phrygia

ante diem iv nonas octobres

fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly closely with the Athenian Thesmophoria.
ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 19-23 A.D.) — a festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays
1909 — birth of James. B. Pritchard (“Biblical” archaeologist and author of The Ancient Near East, among other things)