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ante diem iv kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 4)– games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 1729 — birth of James Boswell (biographer of Johnson)

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ante diem vi kalendas novembres 97 A.D. – The emperor Nerva adopts the future emperor Trajan 312 A.D – Battle of the Milvian Bridge; Constantine I has a vision and defeats Maxentius to become sole emperor

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ante diem vi kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 2) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 43 B.C. — Marcus Junius Brutus commits suicide in the wake of the defeat at Philippi (by one reckoning) 113 A.D. — the emperor Trajan departs from Rome for…

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ante diem vii kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 1) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 1656 B.C. — Noah enters the ark (this must be Bishop Ussher again) 31 A.D. — suicide of Apicata, wife of the disgraced Praetorian Praefect Sejanus ca 250 A.D.…

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ante diem viii kalendas novembres 322 B.C. — death of Demosthenes (by one reckoning) 237 A.D. — martyrdom of Daria and Chrysanthus 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Minias 286 A.D. — martyrdom of twin saints Crispin and Crispian

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