This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xi kalendas quinctilis

546 B.C. -- death of Thales of Miletus (source?)

356 B.C. -- birth of Alexander the Great (according to some reckonings)

217 B.C. -- Hannibal deals the Romans a major defeat at Lake Trasimene
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