David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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338 B.C. — Death of Archidamus III (King of Sparta) 216 B.C. — Hannibal inflicts a massive defeat on Roman forces at Cannae (possible date) 86 B.C. — Sulla defeats Mithridates at Chaeronea (possible date) 49 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Afranius and Petreius (legates of Pompey) at Ilerda 47 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Pharnaces II at Zela (and…
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IN THE NEWS … Rare Judean Pillar Figurine Discovery from Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society Egypt: Ptolemaic-Roman thermal complex discovered at Tell Nasser Rotunda-Shaped Mausoleum and Rock-Cut Tomb of Deified Thracian Ruler Discovered at Perperikon – По света и у нас – БНТ Новини Austria’s Largest Roman Pottery Production Center Ever Discovered Reveals More Than…
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1556 — death of Ignatius of Loyola
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IN THE NEWS … A Metal Detectorist Discovered Tiny Tiles in a Farmer’s Field. A Spectacular Ancient Roman Mosaic Was Buried Beneath the Surface Roman villa mosaics emerge from Ancient Pompeiopolis excavations Oldest Roman Library in the Iberian Peninsula Identified at a Villa in Spain | Arkeonews Iberian Warrior Family Buried 2,200 Years Ago with…
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ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 11) after 101 B.C. — dedication of the Temple to “The Fortune of this Day” (Fortuna Huiusce Diei) and subsequent rites thereafter; presumably this is one of the temples vowed prior to the Battle of Vercellae 69 A.D. — destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (Av 9)
