This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas februarias

January 17, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem xvi kalendas februarias

Ludi Palatini (day 1)
86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th)
38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia
6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome
42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine

This Day in Ancient History:

January 16, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem xvii kalendas februarias

27 B.C. — Octavian is given the title “Augustus“, the clupeus virtutis and duo laurae
9 B.C. (?) — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Pannonia
10 A.D. — dedication of a Temple of Concordia
250 A.D. — martyrdom of Fusca and Maura
1794 — death of Edward Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
1907 — birth of Philip Vellacott (translator of the Oresteia and various other works)

This Day in Ancient History:

January 15, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ 1 Comment

ante diem xviii kalendas februarias

carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January
69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of Otho

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xix kalendas februarias

January 14, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem xix kalendas februarias

ca. 82 B.C. — birth of Marcus Antonius (a.k.a. Mark Anthony)

This Day in Ancient History: idus januariae

January 13, 2013 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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