This Day in Ancient History

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• 468 B.C. — birth of Socrates (by one reckoning)

• 218 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of the Great Custodian Hercules (and associated rites thereafter)

• 105 A.D. — The emperor Trajan departs on his second campaign against the Dacians

• 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 1)