rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus

Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty!

484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?)

480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning)

63 B.C. — birth of Octavius, the future emperor Augustus

25 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Neptune (and associated rites thereafter)

23 B.C. — restoration of the temple of Apollo in the Campus Martius (and associated rites thereafter)

117 A.D. — martyrdom of Thecla

ludi Romani (day 15)

86 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Antoninus Pius

208 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Diadumenianus

304 A.D. — martyrdom of Januarius (read about the ritual associated with him in the Catholic Encyclopedia)

ludi Romani (day 14)

31 A.D. — execution of Sejanus (still not sure about that one)

53 A.D. (?) — birth of the future emperor Trajan

96 A.D. — murder of the emperor Domitian; dies imperii of the emperor Nerva

1709 — Birth of Samuel Johnson

ludi Romani (day 13)

14 A.D. — the dead emperor Augustus is declared to be Divus Augustus

134 A.D./C.E. — ‘martyrdom’ of Rabbi Akiva

ludi Romani (day 11)