supplicia canum -- a ritual which was the 'fallout' from the story of the geese saving Rome from the Gauls; as punishment to the 'watchdogs' who didn't bark, every year the Romans would crucify a dog
8 A.D. -- victory of the future emperor Tiberius at Illyricum
178 A.D. -- the emperor Marcus Aurelius and Commodus depart on their second campaign against the Germans
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