This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas sextilias

ante diem xv kalendas sextilias

¶ Mercatus

¶ 477 B.C. — 300 members of the gens Fabia die in the battle of the Cremera

¶ 390 (or 387) B.C. — Gauls defeat the Romans at Allia

¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome begins

¶ 69 A.D. — Vitellius is given the titles of Augustus and pontifex maximus

¶ 1374 — death of Petrarch

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