TDIAH

  • nonas junias 470/469 B.C. — birth of Socrates (according to one estimate) 466 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Dius Fidius … a.k.a. Semo Sancus (and associated rites thereafter) 17 B.C. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 1) 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 2)

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  • ante diem iii nonas junias Saecular Games continue (day 3) some time after 296 B.C. — dedication of a Temple of Bellona (and associated rites thereafter)

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  • Saecular Games continue (day 2) — the celebration of Rome’s anniversary continues 261 B.C. — death of Antiochus I Soter (I have not been able to confirm this date) 177 A.D. — martyrdom of Blandina, Alexander (and others) at Lyons (a.k.a. the Martyrs of Lyons) 193 A.D. — recently-deposed emperor-for-a-little-while Didius Julianus is murdered

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  • kalendas junias rites in honour of Carna, a nymph who was somehow associated with the health of bodily organs Saecular Games (day 1) — celebrating Rome’s thousand-year anniversary 388 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Mars (and associated rites thereafter) 344 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Moneta (and associated rites thereafter)…

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  • pridie kalendas junias 70 A.D. — Titus captures Jerusalem’s outermost wall. 1st century — martyrdom of Petronilla 170 A.D. — martyrdom of Hermias at Cappadocia 1723 — death of William Baxter (grammarian and translator of Latin)

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