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ante diem iv nonas sextilias 338 B.C. — Death of Archidamus III (King of Sparta) 216 B.C. — Hannibal inflicts a massive defeat on Roman forces at Cannae (possible date) 86 B.C. — Sulla defeats Mithridates at Chaeronea (possible date) 49 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Afranius and Petreius (legates of Pompey) at Ilerda 47…
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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)
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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 assiociated 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 xii kalendas sextilias Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsquent victory ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving…
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pridie idus quinctilias Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
