Robigalia — an ancient agricultural festival designed to appease the numen Robigo/Robigus who caused mildew 404 B.C. — Athens surrenders to Sparta, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end (by one reckoning) 68 A.D. — martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist 1940 — death of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (excavator of Tiryns)

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Analysis of Roman shipwreck’s coatings tells story of its time on the seas | Research | Chemistry World https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/analysis-of-roman-shipwrecks-coatings-tells-story-of-its-time-on-the-seas/4023341.article [paywalled] Military Histories About the Ancient Persians, Modern Iraq and the American Civil War – The New York Times Archaeologists discover giant marble Athena statue in ancient Laodicea in Türkiye – Türkiye Today…

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Vinalia (day 2?) 1184 B.C. — “conquest and destruction of Troy” (according to one reckoning) 339 B.C. — Timoleon defeats the Carthaginians at the Crimesus (according to one reckoning) 27 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius dons his toga virilis

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== 2 meter marble Athena statue discovered at Ancient Laodicea https://en.milliyet.com.tr/news/2-meter-marble-athena-statue-discovered-at-ancient-laodicea-7576113 Egypt, colossal statue attributed to Ramses II discovered in eastern Nile Delta https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/egypt-colossal-statue-attributed-to-ramses-ii-discovered-in-eastern-nile-delta Five Antiquities Return to Greece from the United States | GTP Headlines https://news.gtp.gr/2026/04/22/five-antiquities-return-to-greece-from-the-united-states/ Athena and Hermes make their way home from Chicago | eKathimerini.com https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1301564/athena-and-hermes-make-their-way-home-from-chicago/ Roman Quarry Discovery in…

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Vinalia (urbana) — the wine which was ‘bottled’ in the previous autumn was opened and tasted for the first time, after a libation to Jupiter 248 A.D. — third day of celebration of Rome’s 1000th anniversary

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