TDIAH
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ante diem vii kalendas sextilias ¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 7) ¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome continues (day 9) ¶ 110 A.D. — martyrdom of Hyacinthus ¶ 1893 — birth of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational) … and I posted this a few years ago and like it, so here’s some fun…
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ante diem viii kalendas sextilias ¶ Furrinalia — a festival in honour of an obscure Roman deity named Furrina, who appears to have been associated with a grove and/or spring ¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 6) ¶ 44 A.D. — marytrdom of James the Greater ¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 8) ¶ 306 A.D.…
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ante diem ix kalendas sextilias ¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 5) ¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome continues (day 7) ¶ 69 A.D. — sacking of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (?) ¶ 133 A.D. — the last holdout of the Bar Kochba Revolt — Betar — fell to the Romans (?)…
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ante diem x kalendas sextilias Neptunalia — an obscure festival (obscure in the sense that we really don’t know what went on) in honour of Neptune ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 4) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 6) 79 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollinaris 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Phocas the Gardener
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ante diem xi kalendas sextilias 367 B.C. (?)– dedication of a Temple of Concord (and associated rites thereafter) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 5)
