ante diem xii kalendas quinctilias
278 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Summanus (and associated rites thereafter)
Category: TDIAH
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas quinctilias
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 Nicaea
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas quinctilias
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
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias
ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias
2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian
265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias
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 work on ancient comedy; known to the rest of the world as the author of Love Story)
… Happy Bloomsday
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