This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias

June 23, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

Reliefs of Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius... — Image via Wikipedia

ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias

47 B.C. — birth of Caesarion, a.k.a Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor (son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra)
79 A.D. — death of the emperor Vespasian
1986 — death of Moses Finley

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas quinctilis

June 22, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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ante diem x kalendas quinctilis

217 B.C. — Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III at the battle of Raphia (by one reckoning)
168 B.C. — Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeats Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, bringing the Third Macedonian War to an end
109 A.D. — the Baths of Trajan open

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias

June 21, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias

546 B.C. — death of Thales of Miletus (source?)
217 B.C. — Hannibal deals the Romans a major defeat at Lake Trasimene

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas quinctilias

June 18, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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ante diem xiii kalendas quinctilias

240 B.C. — Eratosthenes calculates the circumference of the earth (I have no idea what the source for this is)
rites at the Temple of Minerva on the Aventine
ca. 165 (?) — martyrdom of Protase
325 A.D. — Hosius announces the Nicene Creed during the First Council of Nicaea

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias

June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias

2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian
265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius