This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus sextiles

ante diem iii idus sextiles

480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning)

480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning)

117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian

275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona

295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome

1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule (Greece in the Bronze Age)

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