• 37 A.D. — arrival of Gaius (Caligula) in Rome
• 193 A.D. — murder of the emperor Pertinax; recognition of Didius Julianus as Augustus
• 364 A.D. — elevation of Valens to the rank of Augustus

… in the early Church, this was one of the days claimed as the day of Jesus’ birth …

• 47 B.C. — Gaius Julius Caesar is victorious in Alexandria
• 47 B.C. — Ptolemy XIII drowns while trying to cross the Nile (related to the foregoing event?)

• 1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary)
• 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman

• Festival of Mars continues (day 21)
• Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts

• Festival of Mars continues (day 21)
• Quinquatrus continues (day 3) — originally a one-day festival with rites in honour of Minerva, by Ovid’s day it had been increased to five days, with the last four involving gladiatorial bouts
• 1766 — death of Richard Dawes (Classical scholar)