August 11, 2011

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…

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