TDIAH
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pridie nonas septembres ¶ 518 B.C. — birth of Pindar (by one reckoning) ¶ ca 117 — martyrdom of Hermione ¶ 1989 — death of Sir Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution)
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… in addition to our (and NT Blog’s) blogiversary, September 2 (I keep meaning to mention it) is the anniversary of Cicero’s launching of the Second Philippic … fortunately the OUP blog remembered (although they somewhat incongruently illustrate it with Maccari’s Cicero Denouncing Catiline): To let you appreciate what sort of consul he professes himself…
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ante diem iii nonas septembres 36 B.C. — Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa’s fleet defeats that of Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus
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pridie kalendas septembres ¶ 12 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Gaius (Caligula) at Antium ¶ 40 A.D. — Gaius (Caligula) celebrates an ovatio after his attempted military campaigns in Gaul and Britain ¶ 161 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Commodus (and his twin, Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus)
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ante diem iii kalendas septembres ¶ 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (according to some reckonings) ¶ 37 A.D. — dedication of the Temple of Augustus (and associated rites thereafter)
