This Day in Ancient History

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• 189 A.D. — birth of P. Septimius Geta, son of the emperor-to-be Septimius Severus and Julia Domna and brother of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla)

• 270 A.D. — martyrdom of Restituta at Sora (?)

• 302 A.D. — Martyrdom of Julius at Durostorum

• 1265 — birth of Dante Alighieri