This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xiii kalendas februarias

Portrait of Emperor Gordian III. Luni marble, ...
Portrait of Emperor Gordian III. Luni marble, from the early years of Gordian’s reign (238-244 CE). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ante diem xiii kalendas februarias

  • ludi palatini (??)
  • 175 A.D. — Commodus is enrolled in all the priestly colleges
  • 225 A.D. (or 226) — birth of the future emperor Gordian III
  • c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Pope Fabian at Rome as the Decian persecutions begin (maybe)
  • c. 288 A.D. — martyrdom of Sebastian at Rome
  • 1715 — birth of Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece)
  • 1978 — death of Gilbert Highet (Classicist)

Repititiationes ~ 01/19/16

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689558124571795457

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689578086107627521

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689580381855703041

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689580878440349696

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689585210946686976

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689585435400617986

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689585965497716736

Repititiationes ~ 01/18/16

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689028053545144320

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689239149384081409
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689239427000995842

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689245269372858368

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689251491769663489

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/689255987958657024