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nonas sextilias rites in honour of Salus on the Quirinal Hill 465 B.C. — Xerxes I murdered by Artabanus (source?) 244 B.C. — Brundisium becomes a Latin colony ca. 79 B.C. — birth of Tullia, daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero 1540 — birth of Joseph Justus Scaliger
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem iv nonas sextilias 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)…
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nte diem iii kalendas sextilias 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…
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ante diem iv kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 10) 67 A.D./C.E. — fighting in Jerusalem between pro-surrender-to-the-Romans groups and their counterparts; the former set fire to some food supplies which apparently contributed to the fall of the city three years later (!) (need to track this one down) ca. 260 — martyrdom of Lucilla…
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ante diem v kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 9) ca 68 A.D. — martyrdom of Nazarius and Celsus
