TDIAH

  • ante diem kalendas septembres rites in honour of Jupiter Liber 392 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Regina on the Aventine (and associated rites thereafter) 22 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans (and associated rites thereafter) 69 A.D. — traditional date for the sacking of Jerusalem 118 A.D. — martyrdom…

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  • pridie kalendas septembres 12 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Gaius (Caligula) at Antium 40 A.D. — Gaius (Caligula) celebrates an ovatio after his attempted military campaigns in Gaul and Britain 161 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Commodus (and his twin, Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus)

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  • ante diem v kalendas septembres rites in honour of Sol and Luna near the Circus Maximus 29 B.C. dedication of the ara Victoriae in the Curia 430 A.D. — death of St. Augustine 1797 — birth of Karl Otfried Muller (Classical scholar and archaeologist)

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  • ante diem vi kalendas septembres Volturnalia — rites in honour of a divinity associated with fountains/waters 479 B.C. — Greek forces defeat Persian forces under Mardonius at Plataea (according to one reckoning) 413 B.C. — lunar eclipse which caused hesitation amongst  Athenian forces under Nikias in Sicily; the subsequent delay  ultimately led to their destruction

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  • ante diem viii kalendas septembres Opiconsivia — rites in honour of Ops, an old Italian earth deity and usually considered the spouse of Consus 79 A.D. — death of Pliny the Elder in the wake of the eruption at Pompeii 325 A.D. — Council of Nicaea comes to an end, having come up with the…

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