ante diem vi idus octobres

• rites in honour of Juno Moneta — apparently commemorating a restoration of the temple vowed by M. Furius Camillus in 345 B.C.; the epithet ‘moneta’ possible recognized Juno’s role in goading the sacred geese to wake everyone up during the Gallic sack of Rome
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 6 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• 19 A.D. — Germanicus, the adopted son of the emperorTiberius, dies under mysterious circumstances in Daphne near Antioch

ante diem viii idus octobres

• 319/318 B.C. ~ Wikipedia’s

  

  date for the birth of Pyrrhus of Epirus (source?)

• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 6 — from 19-23 A.D.)

nonas octobres

• rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius
• rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by evocatio

  

  in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius

• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 3 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.)
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 5 — from 19-23 A.D.)
• 15 B.C. — birth of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus “Minor”), son of the future emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina
• 1st century A.D. (?) — martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus … and Apuleius

pridie nonas octobres

• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) — — festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays
• ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 19-23 A.D.)
• 105 B.C. — the Cimbri inflict a massive defeat on Roman legions at Arausio
• 68 B.C. — Romans under Lucullus defeat the Armenians under Tigranes II at Artaxata (according to one reckoning) …
• 175 A.D. — martyrdom of Sagar in Phrygia

ante diem iii kalendas octobres

106 B.C. — birth of Gnaeus Pompeius

61 B.C. — Pompey celebrates his third triumph in recognition of his victories in the Third Mithridatic War

48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt (another possible date … see yesterday’s entry)

290 A.D. — martyrdom of Rhipsime, Gaiana, and companions