RC Bulletin ~ August 16, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvii kalendas septembres
between 298 and 311 A.D. — martyrdom of St Diomedes (no, it didn’t take 13 years to do it)
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xviii kalendas septembres
29 B.C. — triple triumph of Octavian (day 3)
RC Bulletin ~ August 14, 2026
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RC Bulletin ~ August 13, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: idus sextiles
rites in honour of Jupiter (as on all Ides) rites in honour of Diana on the Aventine rites in honour of Vortumnus on the Aventine rites in honour of Fortuna Equestris rites in honour of Hercules the Victor rites in honour of Hercules Invictus at the Porta Trigemina rites in honour of Castor and Pollux in the Circus Flaminius rites in honour of the Camenae rites in honour of Flora at in the Circus…
RC Bulletin ~ August 12, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: pridie idus sextiles
rites in honour of Hercules Invictus in the Circus Maximus rites in honour of Venus Victrix, Honos, Virtus, and Felicitas in Pompey’s theatre 3 A.D. — conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (one suggestion for the ‘Star of Bethlehem’) 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Anicetus and companions at Nicomedia 1867 — birth of Edith Hamilton (The Greek Way)
RC Bulletin ~ August 11, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus sextiles
480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning) 480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning) 117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian 275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona 295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome 1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule ( Greece in the Bronze Age )
RC Bulletin ~ August 10, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv idus sextiles
30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White ( The Roman Citizenship )
RC Bulletin ~ August 7, 2026
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RC Bulletin ~ August 6, 2026
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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii idus sextilias
Greek Reporter is suggested today was the day for the battle of Thermopylae: … I’ve got it down as August 11, but given the vagaries of calendars and assorted people’s reckoning, it’s a possibility