This Day in Ancient History: kalendas junias

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas junias

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ante diem vi kalendas junias

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas junias

Trajan
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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)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas junias

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ante diem ix kalendas junias

  • Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — the rex sacrorum had to perform some sort of ceremony before the day’s legal business could be conducted (possibly connected to the idea of Regifugium)
  • 15 B.C. — birth of the emperor-to-be-who-never-was Germanicus (brother of the emperor Claudius)
  • 299 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatian and Rogatian

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas junias

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ante diem xiii kalendas junias