This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem iv kalendas octobres

English: Pompey the Great, Ny Carlsberg Glypto...
English: Pompey the Great, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (inv. 733). Nederlands: Gnaius Pompeius Magnus, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (inv. 733). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ante diem iv kalendas octobres

48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xiv kalendas octobres

ante diem xiv kalendas octobres

ludi Romani (day 14)

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31 A.D. — execution of Sejanus (still not sure about that one

53 A.D. (?) — birth of the future emperor Trajan

96 A.D. — murder of the emperor Domitian; dies imperii of the emperor Nerva

1709 — Birth of Samuel Johnson

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xv kalendas octobres

Portrait of Divus Augustus (98-103 AC). Turias...
Portrait of Divus Augustus (98-103 AC). Turiaso. Carneola (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ante diem xv kalendas octobres

~ ludi Romani (day 13)

~ 14 A.D. — the dead emperor Augustus is declared to be Divus Augustus

~ 134 A.D./C.E. — ‘martyrdom’ of Rabbi Akiva

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xviii kalendas octobres

ante diem xviii kalendas octobres

  • ludi Romani (day 10 )
  • equorum probatio — the official cavalry parade of the equites (in conjunction with the above)
  • 23 A.D. — death of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Younger), son of theemperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina
  • 81 A.D. — official dies imperii of Domitian (recognition by the senate)
  • 208 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Diadumenianus?
  • 258 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyprian