This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem v kalendas decembres

ante diem v kalendas decembres

Bust of Antinous, in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
Bust of Antinous, in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
  • 43 B.C. — the lex Titia de triumvirato gave G. Julius Caesar Octavianus, Marcus Antonius, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the title of triumviri rei publicae constituendae with near-dictatorial powers for a period of five years
  • 8 B.C. — death of the poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
  • ca 110 A.D. — birth of Hadrian’s paramour Antinoos
  • 176 A.D. — Commodus is given the title imperator by Marcus Aurelius
  • 1907 — birth of L. Sprague de Camp (The Ancient Engineers, etc.)

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem vi kalendas decembres

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”

Repititiationes ~ 11/25/15

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This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem vii kalendas decembres

ante diem vii kalendas decembres

English: 16th century depiction of Servius Tul...
English: 16th century depiction of Servius Tullius, the sixth legendary king of ancient Rome. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Repititiationes ~ 11/24/15

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