quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
ante diem xii kalendas sextilias
¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 1)
¶ 1262 B.C. — based on the ‘Canicular Cycle’ (a.k.a. the Sothic cycle) of the Egyptians, this day is suggested for the foundation of the Pythian Games and the embarkation of Jason and the Argonauts (!)
¶ 356 B.C. — birth of Alexander the Great (one suggested date)
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 3)
¶ 1304 — birth of Petrarch
ante diem xiv kalendas sextilias
¶ Mercatus
¶ Lucaria (day 1) — an obscure festival which seems to be associated with commemorating Rome’s being saved from the Gauls (by hiding in groves?)
¶ 37 A.D. — the emperor Gaius (Caligula) gives the people a congiarium
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 2)
¶ Mercatus
¶ 477 B.C. — 300 members of the gens Fabia die in the battle of the Cremera
¶ 390 (or 387) B.C. — Gauls defeat the Romans at Allia
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome begins
¶ 69 A.D. — Vitellius is given the titles of Augustus and pontifex maximus
¶ 1374 — death of Petrarch
pridie idus quintiles
¶ Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days
¶ 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
¶ 1671 — death of Méric Casaubon (classical scholar … son of Isaac)
¶ 1742 — death of Richard Bentley (English philologist)
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