This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas maias

ante diem vii kalendas maias

Robigalia — an ancient agricultural festival designed to appease the numen Robigo/Robigus who caused mildew
404 B.C. — Athens surrenders to Sparta, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end (by one reckoning)
68 A.D. — martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist
1940 — death of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (excavator of Tiryns)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas maias

ante diem viii kalendas maias

Vinalia (day 2?)
1184 B.C. — “conquest and destruction of Troy” (according to one reckoning)
339 B.C. — Timoleon defeats the Carthaginians at the Crimesus (according to one reckoning)
27 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius dons his toga virilis

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Vinalia (urbana) — the wine which was ‘bottled’ in the previous autumn was opened and tasted for the first time, after a libation to Jupiter
248 A.D. — third day of celebration of Rome’s 1000th anniversary

ante diem xi kalendas maias

Parilia (a.k.a. Palilia) — originally a festival in honour of Pales (who protected shepherds and their flock), it eventually evolved — in the city of Rome, at least — into a ‘birthday of Rome’ celebration
753 B.C. — traditional date for the foundation of Rome
43 B.C. — pro-Caesarian forces “under” Octavian defeat the forces of Marcus Antonius at Mutina
47 A.D. — Claudius celebrates the ludi Saeculares (?)
148 A.D. — Antoninus Pius celebrates the 900th anniversary of Rome
248 A.D. — Philip Arabus celebrates the 1000th anniversary of Rome

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ludi Cereri (day 8)– games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C.
Cerealia — the actual date of the Cerealia is uncertain, but it ‘reenacted’ Ceres’ search for her daughter Proserpina, with apparently all participants and spectators dressed in white.
69 A.D. — Vitellius is recognized as emperor by the senate in Rome
… we also note today is the commemoration of an (undated) Roman soldier saint Expeditus