ante diem iv kalendas novembres

• ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
• 1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)

… and ten years ago, rogueclassicism wasn’t really saying much … there were some hallowe’en things and assorted movie items, but that’s about it …

ante diem viii kalendas novembres

• 322 B.C. — death of Demosthenes (by one reckoning)
• 237 A.D. — martyrdom of Daria and Chrysanthus
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Minias
• 286 A.D. — martyrdom of twin saints Crispin and Crispian

… and ten years ago, inter alia,  rogueclassicism was dealing with purported Classical connections for Hallowe’en for the first time …

ante diem ix kalendas novembres

• 31 A.D. — execution of Strabo, son of the Praetorian Praefect L. Aelius Sejanus
• 51 A.D. — birth of the future emperor T. Flavius Domitianus, better known as Domitian

… and a decade ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia, we were tracking down connections between Skull and Bones, Demosthenes, Barbara Steisand, and Julius Caesar …

ante diem x kalendas novembres

42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide

12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia

524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia we were getting our first hints that maybe the Bactrian Hoard had been saved from the Taliban …

ante diem xi kalendas novembres

• 4004 B.C. — 9.00 a.m. … according to Bishop Ussher, God created the universe some time during the ‘preceding night’
• 50 B.C. — the ‘Civil War’ between Pompey and Caesar began (not sure where my source got this one).

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, after gossiping about Angelina Jolie as mother of Alexander and Brad Pitt having aging problems, we mentioned the find of the ‘bath house of Jesus’, which, fortunately doesn’t seem to have had legs …