Monday, October 18, 2010

ante diem xv kalendas novembres

 Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus

THIS DAY IN ANCIENT HISTORY

  • 48 B.C. -- Octavian dons his toga virilis
  • 17 A.D. -- restoration of the Temple of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus (and associated rites thereafter)
  • 31 A.D. -- Execution of the commander of the Praetorian Guard,
    Lucius Aelius Sejanus, after revelation of his activities against the emperor Tiberius
  • 33 A.D. -- Death of Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina 'the elder'), wife of Germanicus and mother of the emperor Gaius(Caligula), among others.

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