Category: TDIAH

This Day in Ancient History: idus januariae

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idus januariae

  • 86 B.C. — death of Marius
  • 27 B.C. — Octavian “restores the republic” and receives the corona civica
  • ca. 101 A.D. — birth of L. Aelius Caesar, future adoptive heir (never realized) of the emperor Hadrian
  • 235 A.D. — martyrdom (?) of Andrew, bishop of Trier

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia, we were reading about the find of a pile of Roman building materials in the Villa dei Quintili …

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas januarias

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ante diem iv nonas januarias

  • 43 B.C. — Octavian is granted propraetorian imperium and admitted to the senate
  • 17 A.D. — death of Publius Ovidius Naso … a.k.a. Ovid
  • 18 A.D. — death of Titus Livius … a.k.a. Livy
  • 69 A.D. — dies imperii of Vitellius
  • 1866 — birth of Gilbert Murray

Ten years ago at rogueclassicism was a particularly busy day, what with folks diving into the Tiber, tourist companies trying to cash in on Cambyses Lost Army, evidence of brain surgery from Chios, et alia …

This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas decembres

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pridie nonas decembres

… and a decade ago at rogueclassicism, we first heard/read about a certain Coldplay singer’s Classical predelictions … we were also reading about a bit of a shakeup at Yale …

This Day in Ancient History: iv nonas decembres

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iv nonas decembres

… a little cluster from the persecution under Valerian

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas decembres

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ante diem vi kalendas decembres

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism it seems to have been a busy day … highlights include a Roman cavalry mask which was going to auction and a description of some strange documentary about Jason and the Argonauts …