TDIAH
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ante diem iii nonas novembres Hilaria of Isis (late mention) 39 A.D. — birth of the poet Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanus (et al) at Caesarea
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ante diem iv nonas novembres 1656 B.C. — traditional date for the start of the Great Flood (according to one calculation) 285 B.C. — Ptolemy II Philadelphus ascends the throne of Egypt as co-ruler with Ptolemy I(by one reckoning) 188 A.D. — martyrdom of Eustachius/Placidus (in a bronze bull!) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Justus…
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kalendae novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 7) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 82 B.C. — Lucius Cornelius Sulla is victorious over the Samnites at the Battle of the Colline Gate 36 A.D. — major fire at Rome 1903 — death of Theodore Mommsen 1993…
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pridie kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 6) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 286 — martyrdom of Quentin
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ante diem tertium kalendas novembres 69 A.D. — sack of Cremona 130 A.D. — Hadrian’s pal Antinous drowns in the Nile c. 298 — martyrdom of Marcellus the centurion
rogue classicism 