This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias
- 212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio
- 1716 — Alexander Pope’s translation of the Iliad is published
- 1813 — birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist)
- 1937 — birth of Erich Segal (Classicist, known to Classicists for his work on ancient comedy; known to the rest of the world as the author of Love Story)
