pridie idus sextiles

rites in honour of Hercules Invictus in the Circus Maximus

rites in honour of Venus Victrix, Honos, Virtus, and Felicitas in Pompey’s theatre

3 A.D. — conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (one suggestion for the ‘Star of Bethlehem’)

305 A.D. — martyrdom of Anicetus and companions at Nicomedia

1867 — birth of Edith Hamilton (The Greek Way)

ante diem iii idus sextiles

480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning)

480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning)

117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian

275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona

295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome

1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule (Greece in the Bronze Age)

ante diem iv idus sextiles

30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra

7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter

70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem

1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)

nonas sextiles

rites in honour of Salus on the Quirinal Hill

465 B.C. — Xerxes I murdered by Artabanus (source?)

244 B.C. — Brundisium becomes a Latin colony

ca. 79 B.C. — birth of Tullia, daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero

1540 — birth of Joseph Justus Scaliger