This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias (opens in new tab)
212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio 1716 — Alexander Pope’s translation of the Iliad is published 1813 — birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist) 1937 — birth of Erich Segal (C…
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