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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis

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ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis

  • under Servius — dedication of two temples to Fors Fortuna (and associated rites thereafter)
  • 1 B.C. — birth of John the Baptist (traditional date)
  • 79 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Titus
  • 109 A.D. — the Aqua Traiana are officially dedicated
  • 1741 — Birth of Alexander Adam (Classics educator)
  • 1989 — death of Russell Meiggs (author of Roman Ostia, among others)

 

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias

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ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias

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ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias

  • 212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio
  • 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

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv idus junias

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ante diem iv idus junias

  • 17 B.C. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 6)
  • 38 A.D. — death of Drusilla, the much-beloved sister of the emperor Gaius (Caligula)
  • 86 A.D.. — ludi Capitolini (day 5)
  • 120 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaetulius and companions at Tivoli
  • 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 7)