322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (according to one reckoning)
c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Eleutherius and companions
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (according to one reckoning)
c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Eleutherius and companions
rites in honour of Fides on the Capitoline — these involved a procession of the flamines in a “two horse hooded carriage” to the shrine. The flamines had to bind themselves up as far as their fingers as a symbolic gesture that fides (good faith) had to be kept.
rites associated with Juno Sororia at the tigillum — although a number of false etymologies associated this ritual of passing under a beam (the tigillum) with the tale of Horatius murdering his sister, it is more likely originally some sort of ‘coming of age’ ritual for Roman girls
331 B.C. — Battle of Gaugamela (one suggested date)
208 A.D. (?) — birth of the future emperor Severus Alexander
pridie kalendas octobres
480 B.C. — birth of Euripides (not sure of the source of this one)
286 A.D. — martyrdom of Victor and Ursus
420 A.D. — death of Jerome
1452 — first Gutenberg Bible printed (?)
106 B.C. — birth of Gnaeus Pompeius
61 B.C. — Pompey celebrates his third triumph in recognition of his victories in the third Mithridatic War
48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt (another possible date)
290 A.D. — martyrdom of Rhipsime, Gaiana, and companions
48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt
