This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas maias

ante diem xv kalendas maias

ludi Cereri (day 6)
69 A.D. — suicide of the emperor wannabe Otho (this might have happened on April 16)

This Day in Ancient History:

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

ante diem x kalendas octobres

Mercatus — the Romans continue the shopping spree
479 B.C. — the Persian general Mardonius is killed in the Battle of Plataea (source? … seems a little late)
36 B.C. — the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus agrees to retire after losing all his military support to Octavian
19 B.C. — another (less likely) date for the death of Virgil
130 (129?) A.D.– birth of Galen (still not sure of the ultimate source for this date)
259 A.D. — martyrdom of Digna and Emerita at Rome
287 A.D. — martyrdom of Maurice and companions
1999 — death of Chester Starr

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 the emperor 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

ante diem vi idus septembres