Mercatus — stocking the cupboards after the ludi Romani 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (yet another reckoning) 490 B.C. — the Athenian polemarch Callimachus dies during the Marathon campaign (contingent on the above, obviously) 19 B.C. — death of Publius Vergilius Maro (more likely than yesterday) 37 A.D. — the emperor Gaius (Caligula) is…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Did ancient Egyptians really booby-trap the pyramids? | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/did-ancient-egyptians-really-booby-trap-the-pyramids [AI?]Sunken Ptolemaic harbor renews hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-868200 1,600-year-old coin hoard found in complex tunnel system under Galilee dates to last Jewish rebellion against Romans | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1-600-year-old-coin-hoard-found-in-complex-tunnel-system-under-galilee-dates-to-last-jewish-rebellion-against-romans Ancient storage, kitchen discovered in 2,200-year-old Turkish…

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rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty! 484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?) 480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning) 63 B.C. — birth of Octavius, the future emperor Augustus…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Archaeology: 8 7,000-year-old burials, a Bronze Age necropolis, and Gallo-Roman remains discovered in Seine-et-Marne | Historia https://www.historia.fr/archeologie/civilisations-anciennes/archeologie-8-sepultures-vieilles-de-7000-ans-une-necropole-de-lage-du-bronze-et-des-vestiges-gallo-romains-decouverts-en-seine-et-marne-2187313 Ancient Egyptian Port From Cleopatra’s Era Discovered Und… – Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-underwater-port-ancient-egypt-cleopatra-era-2132447 Is Cleopatra’s tomb UNDERWATER? Scientists discover sunken port near the ruins of Taposiris Magna that could lead to her lost grave | Daily Mail Online…

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ludi Romani (day 15) 86 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Antoninus Pius 208 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Diadumenianus 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Januarius

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