ante diem iv nonas januarias

• 43 B.C. — Octavian is granted propraetorian imperium and admitted to the senate
• 17 A.D. — death of Publius Ovidius Naso … a.k.a. Ovid
• 18 A.D. — death of Titus Livius … a.k.a. Livy
• 69 A.D. — dies imperii of Vitellius
• 1866 — birth of Gilbert Murray

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