Month: November 2010

This Day in ancient History: ante diem iii idus novembres

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ante diem iii idus novembres

  • ludi Plebeii (day 8) — the Jupiterfest continues
  • 109 A.D. — the emperor Trajan stages a naumachia
  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Athenodorus
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv idus novembres

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ante diem iv idus novembres

  • ludi Plebeii (day 7) — the festival in honour of Jupiter continues
  • 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Trypho (maybe … maybe not)
  • 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Tiberius
  • 1870 — birth of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World among other things)

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v idus novembres

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ante diem v idus novembres

  • ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues
  • 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor)
  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia