Events Tagged: "celebration"

Purim instituted - celebrates Jewish deliverance from Haman's plot in Persian Empire under Xerxes I (Ahasuerus)

Black stone installed in Temple of Victoria - meteorite placed on Palatine Hill, instant festival Megalesia established, aristocratic women serve as priestesses

Horace's wine poetry - Odes celebrate specific vintages, 'wine loosens tongues and hearts,' promises immortality through verse

Tiberius's Pannonian triumph - last triumph of Augustus's reign, adopted son proven as military commander

Millennium celebration of Magyar conquest - Budapest Metro opens as continental Europe's first subway