quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
535 B.C. — the foundations for the Second Temple at Jerusalem were begun
302 A.D. — martyrdom of Julius of Durostorum and companions
Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — the rex sacrorum had to perform some sort of ceremony before the day’s legal business could be conducted (possibly connected to the idea of Regifugium)
15 B.C. — birth of the emperor-to-be-who-never-was Germanicus (brother of the emperor Claudius)
299 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatian and Rogatian
Tubilustrium — a purification of the battle trumpets which, like the one which occurred in March, was designed to prepare the troops for war (perhaps … this tubilustrium is somehow connected with the following)
Festival of Vulcan
1270 B.C. — Pierre Henri-Archer suggests this day for the fall of Troy
63 B.C. — Pompey takes Jerusalem (by one reckoning)
37 B.C. — Herod takes control of Jerusalem
ca. 303 A.D. — martyrs of Cappadocia
1617 — birth of Elias Ashmole
ante diem xi kalendas junias
415 B.C. — The “mutilation of the herms” occurs, which would briefly delay the launching of the Sicilian Expedition (by one reckoning)
337 A.D. — death of Constantine I
Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities
rites in honour of Vediovis
429 B.C. — birth of Plato (by one reckoning)
70 A.D. — Roman forces break through Jerusalem’s middle wall
194 A.D.(?) — Septimius Severus acclaimed as Imperator
293 A.D. (?) — elevation of Galerius to the rank of Caesar by Diocletian
1920 — birth of John Chadwick (The Decipherment of Linear B)
1929 — death of Rodolfo Lanciani (perhaps May 22)
1953 — birth of Don Fowler
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