This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas junias

May 17, 2010 ~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

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ante diem xvi kalendas junias

303 A.D. — martyrdom of Heradius
1510 — death of Botticelli (Birth of Venus, among other Classical subjects)
1902 — discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism