I fell asleep (because I was tired and in bed, not bored!) listening to this one from the CBC’s Ideas program (they do something ancient-related roughly once every five years). Not bad …
Day: November 24, 2011
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas decembres
ante diem viii kalendas decembres
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- 29/30 A.D. — partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion
- 62 A.D. — death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?)
- 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina
- 1977 — the discovery of a tomb believed to be that of Philip II of Macedon is announced
- 1998 — death of John Chadwick
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