07-25-2005, 02:40 PM
We're building a database for 'This day in History' with as many ancient militarily appropriate dates as possible. So... which ones do you know?
How many Roman military dates do you know?
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07-25-2005, 02:40 PM
We're building a database for 'This day in History' with as many ancient militarily appropriate dates as possible. So... which ones do you know?
07-25-2005, 03:19 PM
Going through Wikipedia...
Jan 2, 366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers Jan 10, 49 BC - Caesar crosses the Rubicon Jan 15, 69 - Otho seizes power in Rome Jan 16, 27 BC - Octavian given the title Augustus by the Senate. Jan 24, 41 - Caligula assassinated by Praetorian Guard Jan 27, 98 - Trajan becomes emperor Feb 15, 399 BC - Philosopher and war veteran Socrates sentenced to death Feb 17, 197 - Battle of Lugdunum: Septimius Severus defeats Clodius Albinus September 2, 31 BC - Battle of Actium Sept. 4, 476 - Romulus Augustus deposed by Odoacer Sept. 6, 394 - Battle of Frigidus, Theodosius defeats Eugenius and Arbogast Sept. 12/23, 490 BC - Battle of Marathon ?? Sept. 13, 533 - Battle of Ad Decimium, Belisarius defeats Gelimer and Vandals Sept. 18, 323 - Battle of Chrysopolis, Constantine defeats Licinius Sept. 22, 66 - Nero creates Legio I Italica Sept. 27, 489 - Battle of Verona, Theodoric defeats Odoacer Sept. 28 or 29, 48 BC - Pompeius Magnus assassinated by Ptolemy XIII Sept. 29, 61 BC - Pompeius celebrates third triumph on his birthday. more later as I have time...
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
07-25-2005, 10:19 PM
Whoa...Socrates was a War Veteran??
what's the background on that, I never heard of that before, fascinating!
Andy Volpe
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier." https://www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr/ Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S. Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013) (Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
07-26-2005, 01:13 AM
Absolutely. Socrates was at Delium, and distinguished himself during the collapse of the Athenian line. As the story goes, while everyone around him was panicking and running, he retreated slowly and deliberately, facing the enemy. He was intimidating enough that he wsa able to collect a small group around him and bring them off the field intact - the enemy steered clear of them.
Felix Wang
07-26-2005, 10:25 PM
WOW! That's facinating! Very cool!
Andy Volpe
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier." https://www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr/ Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S. Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013) (Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
08-12-2005, 12:34 PM
July 18: the battle of the Allia. The year was either 387 or 386 BCE, or 390 according to the Varronian chronology [url:3nch0czx]http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronology/varro.html[/url].
(I anything is wrong with this message, it's because it's my first posting over here.)
08-12-2005, 12:39 PM
Looks fine to me and thanks!
08-12-2005, 02:51 PM
And here are some dates from the reign of Alexander the Great (* are not completely certain; other dates based on cuneiform sources):
335, Sept. 12: Sack of Thebes* 333, Nov. 5: Battle of Issus* 331, Oct. 1: Battle of Gaugamela 331, Oct. 22: Surrender of Babylon 330, Jan. 20: Battle of the Persian Gate 330, July 17: End of pursuit of Darius III; he is assassinated 329, June 1: Crossing of the Oxus* 323, June 11: Alexander dies in Babylon 322, Aug. 5: Battle of Crannon* (end of Lamian war) And some other dates (BC) (** are known from some very recently published Babylonian chronicles) 616, July 24: Battle of Gablini (Nabopolassar defeats Assyrians) 612, August 15: Last day of sack of Nineveh 585, May 28: Battle of Pteria (Lydians versus Medes) 539, Oct. 12: Cyrus the Great takes Babylon 431, March 6: Theban attack on Plataea; outbreak of Peloponnesian War 309, Aug. 10: Seleucus defeats Antiochus** 307, June 10: Demetrius Poliorcetes liberates Athens 245, 9 Jan: Ptolemy III attacks Babylon (Laodicean War)** 217, June 22: Battle of Raphia 168, June 21: Battle of Pydna 48, June 6: Battle of Pharsalus 46, Feb. 6: Battle of Thapsus 31, Sept, 2: Naval battle of Actium Dates A.D. 69, April 15: First battle of Cremona (Otho defeated) 69, Oct. 24-25: Second battle of Cremona (Vitellius defeated) 70, Sept. 8: Fall of Jerusalem (other days possible) 193, June 9: Surrender of Rome to Septimius Severus 194, March 31: Severus defeats Pescennius Niger at Issus 197, Feb. 19: Severus defeats Clodius Albinus near Lyons* 312, Oct. 12: Battle of Milvian bridge 313, May 1: Licinius defeats Maximinus at Tzirallum 324, Sept. 18: Consantine defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis 363, June 26: Julian the Apostate killed in action Dates related to Roman emperors available at [url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ei-er/emperors/emperors01.html[/url] Dates of Seleucid kings at [url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/se-sg/seleucids/seleucids.html[/url] Dates of Ptolemaic kings at [url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ps-pz/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm[/url]
08-12-2005, 03:02 PM
BTW: the date of Pharsalus is a corrected one. 9 August, which is often mentioned, is prior to Caesar's calendar reform.
11-25-2005, 09:23 AM
I just noticed I forgot to add some of the dates you mentioned Jona.
It's been corrected! More suggestions - any militarily related dates for ancient history - will be happily accepted
11-25-2005, 01:39 PM
I'm close to completing a timeline for 250-550 AD. When it's finished I'll advertise it on RAT and you're welcome to use the dates.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
11-25-2005, 01:53 PM
Cool! Thanks.
11-26-2005, 01:10 AM
Perhaps useful: the "Kalender Kaiserzeitlicher Daten" in Dietmar Kienast, Römische Kaisertabelle (1990 Darmstadt). It contains an entry for almost every day of the year. The book has a second impression, I do not know if the Kalender Kaiserzeitlicher Daten is also included in it.
11-26-2005, 08:45 AM
Oh boy, oh boy! German accuracyness! :wink: I'll have a look in the library. Thanks Jona.
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