ante diem xvii kalendas decembres
- ludi Plebeii (day 12) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on …
- 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Gurias
- 1907 — birth of Nicholas G.L. Hammond (The Genius of Alexander the Great, among others)
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
ante diem xvii kalendas decembres