This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v idus junias

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English: Bust of Nero at the Capitoline Museum...
English: Bust of Nero at the Capitoline Museum, Rome (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Vestalia — festival in honour of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth

53 B.C. — the Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus (Dives) suffers a massive defeat at the hand of the Persians under Surenas near Carrhae; Crassus dies as a result of the battle

17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 5)

62 A.D. — Nero has his first wife, Octavia, killed while in exile for adultery on Pandateria

68 A.D. — the emperor Nero commits suicide

86 A.D. — ludi Capitolini (day 4)

193 A.D. — arrival of Septimius Severus in Rome

204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 6)

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