ante diem v idus sextiles
¶ rites in honour of Sol Indiges on the Quirinal Hill
¶ 480 B.C. — Spartan forces under Leonidas fight a suicidal delaying action against Persian forces at Thermopylae (by one reckoning)
¶ 48 B.C. — The forces of Julius Caesar defeat Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus
¶ 117 A.D. — official announcement that Trajan had adopted Hadrian as his successor
¶ 1804 — death of Robert Potter (translator of Aeschylus and critic of Dr. Johnson)
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