ante diem vi kalendas decembres
- 311 — Martyrdom of Peter of Alexandria
- 1689 — death of Marquard Gude (Classical archaeologist … more of an epigraphist)
- 1719 — death of John Hudson (Classicist)
- 1905 — birth of Robert Hamilton (archaeologist … mostly Near Eastern, among other things)
- 1922 — Howard Carter sees “wonderful things”