This Day in Ancient History
ante diem vii kalendas novembres

ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 1) -- games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla's defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C.

31 A.D. -- suicide of Apicata, wife of the disgraced Praetorian Praefect Sejanus

ca 250 A.D. -- martyrdom of Lucian and Marcian
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