This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi idus maias

ante diem vi idus maias

214 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Claudius II Gothicus

The first one of the two twin bronze busts of ...
The first one of the two twin bronze busts of Claudius II “the Gothic” (268/269 d.C.). The gilded bronze portraits, five of Roman emperors and one of an empress, were hidden beneath the Capitoline temple in Brescia, together with other bronze objects, to prevent the consequences of a possible sack of the town in the 4th or 5th century, and unearthed only in 1826. They are now exhibited in the archaeological Santa Giulia Museum, in Brescia, Italy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

232 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and Palmatius

238 A.D. — murder of Maximinus Thrax (by one reckoning)

250 A.D. — martyrdom of Epimachus at Alexandria

251 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, and Benedicta at Leontini (?)

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