TDIAH
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ante diem xii kalendas quinctilias 278 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Summanus (and associated rites thereafter)
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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 could be) 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…
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ante diem xiv kalendas quinctilias 64 A.D. — Great Fire at Rome, which was later blamed on Christians (according to someone’s reckoning … more likely in July?) c. 135 A.D. — martyrdom of Hypatius
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ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian 265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius
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ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias 212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio (not sure you can speak of ‘French’ in 212 A.D. …) 1716 — Alexander Pope’s translation of the Iliad is published 1813 — birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist) 1937 — birth of Erich Segal (Classicist, known to Classicists for his…
