pridie nonas sextiles
1707 – birth of Johann Augustus Ernesti
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas sextiles
ante diem iii nonas sextiles
supplicia canum — a ritual which was the ‘fallout’ from the story of the geese saving Rome from the Gauls; as punishment to the ‘watchdogs’ who didn’t bark, every year the Romans would crucify a dog
8 A.D. — victory of the future emperor Tiberius at Illyricum
178 A.D. — the emperor Marcus Aurelius and Commodus depart on their second campaign against the Germans
This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas sextiles
pridie kalendas sextiles
1556 — death of Ignatius of Loyola
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas sextilias
ante diem iii kalendas sextilias
- ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 11)
- after 101 B.C. — dedication of the Temple to “The Fortune of this Day” (Fortuna Huiusce Diei) and subsequent rites thereafter; presumably this is one of the temples vowed prior to the Battle of Vercellae
- 69 A.D. — destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (Av 9)
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas sextilias
ante diem iv kalendas sextilias
- ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 10)
- 67 A.D./C.E. — fighting in Jerusalem between pro-surrender-to-the-Romans groups and their counterparts; the former set fire to some food supplies which apparently contributed to the fall of the city three years later (!) (need to track this one down)
- ca. 260 — martyrdom of Lucilla and companions
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