This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas junias

ante diem xi kalendas junias

  • 415 B.C. — The “mutilation of the herms” occurs, which would briefly delay the launching of the Sicilian Expedition (by one reckoning)
  • 334 B.C. — Battle of the Granicus, one of Alexander’s major victories against the Persians (by one reckoning)
  • 337 A.D. — death of Constantine I