This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v idus septembres

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)

1st century — martyrdom of Felix and Constantia

1850 — birth of Jane Ellen Harrison (author of Themis)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi idus septembres

ante diem vi idus septembres

ca 15 B.C. — traditional date of the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus

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 associated rites thereafter; also incorporated into the ludi Romani, it seems)
490 B.C. — yet another reckoning for the Battle of Marathon
16 A.D. — revelation of the conspiracy of Lucius Scribonius Libo, leading to the first of the maiestas trials which characterized the emperor Tiberius’ principate
81 A.D. — death of the emperor Titus; his brother Domitian is acclaimed as emperor
122 A.D. — construction of Hadrian’s Wall begins? (I’d love to know the source for this claim)

ante diem viii idus septembres

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)

nonae septembres

146 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Stator and associated rites thereafter

c. 180 — martyrdom of Herculanus