This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xviii kalendas septembres

ante diem xviii kalendas septembres

¶ 29 B.C. — triple triumph of Octavian (day 3)

This Day in Ancient History: Idus Sextiles

idus sextiles

rites in honour of Jupiter (as on all Ides)
rites in honour of Diana on the Aventine
rites in honour of Vortumnus on the Aventine
rites in honour of Fortuna Equestris
rites in honour of Hercules the Victor
rites in honour of Hercules Invictus at the Porta Trigemina
rites in honour of Castor and Pollux in the Circus Flaminius
rites in honour of the Camenae
rites in honour of Flora at in the Circus Maximus
29 B.C. — triple triumph of Octavian, celebrating his victories at Illyricum, Actium, and his annexation of Egypt (day 1)

ante diem iii idus sextiles

¶ 480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning)

¶ 480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning)

¶ 117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian

¶ 275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona

¶ 295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome

¶ 1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule (Greece in the Bronze Age)

ante diem iv idus sextiles

¶ 30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra

¶ 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter

¶ 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem

¶ 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)

ante diem v idus sextiles

¶ rites in honour of Sol Indiges on the Quirinal Hill

¶ 480 B.C. — Spartan forces under Leonidas fight a suicidal delaying action against Persian forces at Thermopylae (by one reckoning)

¶ 48 B.C. — The forces of Julius Caesar defeat Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus

¶ 117 A.D. — official announcement that Trajan had adopted Hadrian as his successor

¶ 1804 — death of Robert Potter (translator of Aeschylus and critic of Dr. Johnson)