This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi idus maias

  • 214 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Claudius II Gothicus
  • 232 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and Palmatius
  • 238 A.D. — murder of Maximinus Thrax (by one reckoning)
  • 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Epimachus at Alexandria
  • 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, and Benedicta

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