pridie kalendas decembres

- 406 B.C. — death of Euripides (by one reckoning)
- 147 A.D. — birth of Annia Galeria Faustina, the daughter of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius
- 1817 — birth of Theodor Mommsen, Nobel prize winning ancient historian
- 2004 — death of David Bain (University of Manchester Classicist)
- 2007 — death of John Strugnell (Dead Sea Scrolls guy)