This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii idus decembres

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ante diem vii idus decembres

  • 424 B.C. — accession of Darius II (according to one reckoning)
  • 424 B.C. — battle of Amphipolis (according to one reckoning)
  • 424 B.C. — battle of Delium (according to one reckoning)
  • 43 B.C. — death of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) as he half-heartedly fled the proscription of Marcus Antonius et al.
  • 1985 — death of Robert Graves (I Claudius, among others)
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