ante diem iii kalendas quinctilis

179 B.C. (?) — dedication of a Temple of Hercules and the Muses (and associated rites thereafter)

29 B.C. — restoration of the Temple of Quirinus

ante diem xvii kalendas quinctilias

• Quinquatrus minusculae (day 3 of a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva )

• Quando stercus delatus fas ("When the ‘trash’ is taken out") and the Temple of Vesta is closed to the public

• 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius

• 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Vitus (and companions)

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• 456 B.C. — Herodotus recites his Histories at Athens (according to one reckoning; supposedly on the 12th of Hekatombaion)

• 17 B.C. — venatio, ludi circenses, lusus Troiae (the latter was a sort of precision equestrian drill put on by the sons of the rich and famous, probably a lot like the RCMP’s Musical Ride)

• 86 A.D. — ludi Capitolini (day 7)

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• 17 B.C. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 6)

• 38 A.D. — death of Drusilla, the much-beloved sister of the emperor Gaius (Caligula)

• 86 A.D.. — ludi Capitolini (day 5)

• 120 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaetulius and companions at Tivoli

• 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 7)

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• Vestalia — festival in honour of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth

• 53 B.C. — the Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus (Dives) suffers a massive defeat at the hand of the Persians under Surenas near Carrhae; Crassus dies as a result of the battle

• 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 5)

• 62 A.D. — Nero has his first wife, Octavia, killed while in exile for adultery on Pandateria

• 68 A.D. — the emperor Nero commits suicide

• 86 A.D. — ludi Capitolini (day 4)

• 193 A.D. — arrival of Septimius Severus in Rome

• 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 6)