This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xi kalendas februarias

ante diem xi kalendas februarias

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xii kalendas februarias

ante diem xii kalendas februarias

Coin of Nero showing the shrines built to the ‘divas’ Claudia (daughter) and Poppaea (wife) [via Wildwinds)

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)

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Ludi Palatini (day 2) — the theatrefest continues
52 B.C. — murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher
The Very Rev. Henry George Liddell. Caption read “Christchurch”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

near Bovillae
250 A.D. — martyrdom of Moseus
749 A.D. — a tsunami hits Caesarea Maritima following a devastating earthquake, with all sorts of archaeological implications
1898 — death of H.G. Liddell (Greek lexicographer and father of Alice-in-wonderland)
1918 — birth of Jakko Suolahti (The Roman Censors)
1993 — death of Constantine Trypanis (Greek Classicist)
2001 — death of Robert Coleman (philologist and Classical scholar)

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Gilbert Murray (1866-1957), British classical scholar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)