This Day in Ancient History ~ pridie kalendas novembres

pridie kalendas novembres

ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 6) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.
286 — martyrdom of Quentin
1995 — death of Jacques Heurgon (Latinist)
2001 — death of Allan Coxon (Parmenides scholar)

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem viii kalendas novembres

ante diem viii kalendas novembres

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
69 A.D. — forces loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Vitellius in the Second Battle of Bedriacum (not sure how the date was arrived at)
2000 — death of Mervyn Popham (assistant director of the British School at Athens, among other things)

ante diem xiii kalendas novembres

480 B.C. — Battle of Salamis (one reckoning; seems a bit late)
127 A.D. — ludi votivi decennales pro salute Augusti
c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus of Aquila
1524 — death of Thomas Linacre … “the best Greek and Latin scholar of his age”
1952 — death of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World among other things)

ante diem xv kalendas novembres

Tiberius. As. Bilbilis mint. L. Aelius Sejanus, praetorian consul. Struck AD 31. TI • CAESAR • DIVI • AVGVSTI • F • AVGVSTVS•, laureate head right / MV (ligate) • AV(ligate)GVSTA • BILBILIS • TI • CÆSARE • V ÆLIO • [SEIAN]O, large COS within wreath. RPC I 398; NAH 1079-80; SNG Copenhagen 620. Important historical type with the name of Sejanus removed in damnatio memoriae. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
48 B.C. — Octavian dons his toga virilis
17 A.D. — restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter)
31 A.D. — Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius.
33 A.D. — Death of Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina ‘the elder’), wife of Germanicus and mother of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), among others (another possible date).
84 A.D. — martyrdom of Luke