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ante diem v idus septembres ludi Romani (day 5) 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (by one reckoning) 3 A.D. — Gaius Caesar, adoptive son/grandson of the emperor Augustus, is wounded at Artagira 9 A.D. — Quintilius Varus loses three legions (and his life) in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the clades Variana)…
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ante diem vi idus septembres ludi Romani (day 4) ca 15 B.C. — traditional date of the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus
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idus septembres ludi Romani (day 9) epulum in honour of Minerva and others (connected to the ludi Romani) ritual of the ‘driving of a nail’ by the Pontifex Maximus/Rex Sacrorum into the Temple of Jupiter (likely connected to the above and below entries) 509 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (and…
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ante diem viii idus septembres ludi Romani (day 2) 81 A.D. — martyrdom of Onesiphorus 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Faustus in Alexandria 1956 — death of Michael Ventris, who deciphered Linear B (the ancient script used by the Myceneans)
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nonae septembres ludi Romani (day 1) 146 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Stator and associated rites thereafter c. 180 — martyrdom of Herculanus 1908 — birth of Arnaldo Momigliano
