ante diem viii kalendas sextilias

Furrinalia -- a festival in honour of an obscure Roman deity named Furrina, who appears to have been assiociated with a grove and/or spring

ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 6)

44 A.D. -- marytrdom of James the Greater

64 A.D. -- the Great Fire of Rome (day 8)

306 A.D. -- death of the emperor Constantius I; dies imperii of Constantine I

325 A.D. -- Council of Nicaea closes