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)
Category: TDIAH
Another Anniversary I Missed ~ Second Philippic
… 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):
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas septembres
ante diem iii nonas septembres
36 B.C. — Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa’s fleet defeats that of Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus
This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas septembres
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)
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas septembres
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)
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