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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas Iunias

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ante diem v kalendas Iunias

Drusus minor (Museo del Prado) 01
Drusus minor (Museo del Prado) 01 (Photo credit: Zaqarbal)

585 B.C. — solar eclipse predicted by Thales of Miletus occurs during the battle of the Halys (another possible date)

20 A.D. — Drusus “Minor”, the son of the emperor Tiberius, celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Illyricum

ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Heliconis

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas junias

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Head of Geta boy, son of Septimius Serverus, c...
Head of Geta boy, son of Septimius Serverus, ca. 200 CE. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
189 A.D. — birth of P. Septimius Geta, son of the emperor-to-be Septimius Severus and Julia Domna and brother of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla)
270 A.D. — martyrdom of Restituta at Sora (?)
302 A.D. — Martyrdom of Julius at Durostorum
1265 — birth of Dante Alighieri

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas junias

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ante diem vii kalendas junias

17 A.D. — Germanicus celebrates a triumph for his victories in Germany

106 A.D. — martyrdom of Zachary in Gaul

107 A.D. — Trajan arrives in Rome and celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Dacians

303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus, Heraclius, and others at what is now Todi (Umbria)