#OnThisDay - 9 June - in AD 68 the emperor Nero took his own life. Dio (63.29.2) gives his final words as "Jupiter, what an artist perishes in me!" His death brought an end to the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Nero 66; ANS 1957.191.14. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 9 June - in AD 62 Claudia Octavia, the daughter of the emperor Claudius, died. Her husband, the emperor Nero, had exiled her to the island of Pandateria, where he then had her murdered. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RPC I.1006/54. Link - rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1006
#OnThisDay - 8 June - in AD 218 Elagabalus' forces defeated the incumbent emperor Macrinus at the Battle of Antioch (Dio 79.38-39). The latter fled, in an unsuccessful bid to reach Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 79; ANS 1967.153.174. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 3 June - in AD 350 Julius Nepotianus (Nepotian) began his incredibly brief 'reign', revolting against Magnentius and briefly seizing Rome with a band of gladiators. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC VIII Rome 203; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 28115). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 8 June - in AD 218 Elagabalus' forces defeated the incumbent emperor Macrinus at the Battle of Antioch (Dio 79.38-39). The latter fled, in an unsuccessful bid to reach Rome. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 79; ANS 1967.153.174. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 7 June - in AD 421 the Emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia. A significant political figure in her own right, she was also an accomplished poet and scholar. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Theodosius II (East) 229; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200541). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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#OnThisDay - 7 June - in AD 421 the Emperor Theodosius II married Aelia Eudocia. A significant political figure in her own right, she was also an accomplished poet and scholar. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Theodosius II (East) 229; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200541). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 3 June - in AD 350 Julius Nepotianus (Nepotian) began his incredibly brief 'reign', revolting against Magnentius and briefly seizing Rome with a band of gladiators. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC VIII Rome 203; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 28115). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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