This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas septembres

ante diem iv kalendas septembres

¶ 29 A.D. — beheading of John the Baptist (traditional date)

¶ 70 A.D. — Romans enter the Temple at Jerusalem (that seems late)

¶ 112 A.D. — death and deification of Ulpia Marciana, sister of the emperor Trajan

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas septembres

ante diem v kalendas septembres

¶ rites in honour of Sol and Luna near the Circus Maximus 29 B.C.

¶ dedication of the ara Victoriae in the Curia

¶ 430 A.D. — death of St. Augustine

¶ 1797 — birth of Karl Otfried Muller (Classical scholar and archaeologist)

ante diem ix kalendas septembres

rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis
mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November 8) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and the manes (spirits of the dead) were free to walk the streets of Rome.
72 A.D. — martyrdom of Batholomew at Albanopolis
79 A.D. — Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae
410 A.D. — Alaric sacks Rome
1971 — death of Carl Blegen (excavator of Pylos)
1997 — death of Philip Vellacott

ante diem x kalendas septembres

¶ Vulcanalia — a festival in honour of Vulcan, which included games in the Circus Maximus

¶ rites in honour of Maia and the Nymphs

¶ rites in honour of Ops Opifera and Hora Quirini

¶ 93 A.D. — death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, father-in-law of the historian Tacitus, and subject of the latter’s biography

¶ 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Asterius and companions

ante diem xi kalendas septembres

¶ 1540 – Death of Guillaume Bude

¶ 1752 – Death of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, among other talents)