This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xi kalendas januarias

Saturnalia continues (day 6)

179 B.C. -- dedication of a Temple of the Lares Permarini (and associated rites thereafter); these Lares protected sailors

303 A.D. -- martyrdom of Zeno of Nicomedia

1848 -- birth of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf
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