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This Day in Ancient History:

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ante diem xii kalendas sextilias

  • Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsequent victory
  • ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving Caesar’s own ludi Veneris Genetricis)
  • 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 4)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas sextilias

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment
ante diem xiii 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