This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xiv kalendas junias

c. 160 A.D. -- martyrdom of Pudentiana

175 A.D. -- Commodus departs for Germany

307 A.D. -- martyrdom of Cyriaca and companions at Nicomedia

1795 -- death of James Boswell, author of Life of Dr. Johnson,
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