This Day in Ancient History: ante diem kalendas septembres

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 of Terentian in Umbria

This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas septembres

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)

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)

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

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 Nicene Creed, the ‘Twenty Canons’, etc..