TDIAH
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ante diem xvi kalendas septembres Portunalia — a festival in honour of the Roman god of harbours rites in honour of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Myron ca 270 A.D. — martyrdom of Paul and Juliana
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ante diem xviii kalendas septembres 29 B.C. — triple triumph of Octavian (day 3)
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ante diem iv idus sextiles 30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)
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ante diem v idus sextiles rites in honour of Sol Indiges on the Quirinal Hill 480 B.C. — Spartan forces under Leonidas fight a suicidal delaying action against Persian forces at Thermopylae (by one reckoning) 48 B.C. — The forces of Julius Caesar defeat Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus 117 A.D. — official announcement that Trajan…
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ante diem iii nonas sextilis supplicia canum — a ritual which was the ‘fallout’ from the story of the geese saving Rome from the Gauls; as punishment to the ‘watchdogs’ who didn’t bark, every year the Romans would crucify a dog 8 A.D. — victory of the future emperor Tiberius at Illyricum 178 A.D. —…
