August 9

ante diem V Idus August
Solis Indigitis in Colle Quirinale sacrificium publicum
We don't know for sure the meaning of Indiges. The Indigetes have been regarded as di minores (minor gods), or as native gods, or as ancestral gods.
48 B.C. - Caesar defeated Pompey at Pharsalus.
A.D. 117 - Official announcement of Hadrian's succession.
A.D. 378 - Visigoths and the Ostrogoths defeated the Romans at Hadrianopolis, killing the emperor Valens.
Egypt - Opet festival.

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