This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias

ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias

179 B.C. (?) — dedication of a Temple of Hercules and the Muses (and associated rites thereafter)

29 B.C. — restoration of the Temple of Quirinus

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas quinctilias

ante diem v kalendas quinctilias

Dancing Lare holding a rhyton and a patera. Br...
Dancing Lare holding a rhyton and a patera. Bronze statuette, first century AD. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

rites in honour of the Lares

after 294 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Stator on the Palatine (and subsequent rites thereafter)

ca. 1st century A.D. — martyrdom of Crescens

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas quinctilias

ante diem vi kalendas quinctilias

ludi Taurei quinquennales (day 2) — horse races held every five years to appease the divinities of the underworld

23 B.C. (and several years after) — the emperor Augustus is given tribunicia potestas

4 A.D. — the emperor Augustus adopts Tiberius (son of his wife Livia) and Agrippa Postumus (son of Augustus’ daughter Julia and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa)

221 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus adopts the future emperor Severus Alexander and gives him the rank of Caesar (?)

363 A.D. — death of the emperor Julian