TDIAH
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ante diem viii idus sextilias … apparently nothing happened; can’t even find a Roman-connected martyrdom ….
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pridie nonas sextilias ¶ 70 A.D. — the Romans destroy the Temple in Jerusalem ¶ 1701 — birth of Thomas Blackwell ¶ 1707 – birth of Johann Augustus Ernesti
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ante diem iii nonas sextilias ¶ supplicia canum — a ritual which was the ‘fallout’ from the story of the geese saving Rome from the Gauls; as punishment to the ‘watchdogs’ who didn’t bark, every year the Romans would crucify a dog ¶ 8 A.D. — victory of the future emperor Tiberius at Illyricum ¶ 178 A.D.…
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ante diem iv nonas sextilias 338 B.C. — Death of Archidamus III (King of Sparta) 216 B.C. — Hannibal inflicts a massive defeat on Roman forces at Cannae (possible date) 86 B.C. — Sulla defeats Mithridates at Chaeronea (possible date) 49 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Afranius and Petreius (legates of Pompey) at Ilerda 47…
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kalendas augustae ¶ rites at the two temples to Victoria on the Palatine ¶ between 264 and 241 — dedication of the Temple of Spes (Hope) in the Forum Holitorium (and associated rites thereafter) ¶ 30 B.C. — Octavian captures the city of Alexandria; suicide of Marcus Antonius (source?) ¶ 12 B.C. — dedication…
