ante diem viii kalendas decembres


29/30 A.D. -- partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion

62 A.D. -- death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?)

303 A.D. -- martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina

1977 -- the discovery of a tomb believed to be that of Philip II of Macedon is announced

1998 -- death of John Chadwick