This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas quinctilis

ante diem x kalendas quinctilis

The southwestern exedra of the Baths of Trajan...
The southwestern exedra of the Baths of Trajan once housed one of the two libraries (Greek and Latin) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

217 B.C. — Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III at the battle of Raphia (by one reckoning)

168 B.C. — Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeats Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, bringing the Third Macedonian War to an end

109 A.D. — the Baths of Trajan open

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