This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas quinctilias

ante diem vii kalendas quinctilias

ludi Taurei quinquennales (day 1) — an obscure festival possibly in honour of the di inferi (read Bill Thayer’s note on the ‘quinquennales’ part)

107 A.D. — the emperor Trajan arrives in Rome and celebrates his second triumph over the Dacians

This Day in Ancient History:

ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis

under Servius — dedication of two temples to Fors Fortuna (and associated rites thereafter)

1 B.C. — birth of John the Baptist (traditional date)

79 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Titus

109 A.D. — the Aqua Traiana are officially dedicated

1741 — Birth of Alexander Adam (Classics educator)

1989 — death of Russell Meiggs (author of Roman Ostia, among others)

ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias

47 B.C. — birth of Caesarion, a.k.a Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor (son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra)

79 A.D. — death of the emperor Vespasian

1986 — death of Moses Finley

ante diem x kalendas quinctilis

217 B.C. — Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III at the battle of Raphia (by one reckoning)

168 B.C. — Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeats Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, bringing the Third Macedonian War to an end

109 A.D. — the Baths of Trajan open

ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias

546 B.C. — death of Thales of Miletus (not sure of the source of this one)

217 B.C. — Hannibal deals the Romans a major defeat at Lake Trasimene