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June 9

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  1. 68 CEGraeco-Roman · died

    Nero, last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, took his own life outside Rome after being condemned by the Senate, ending a fourteen-year reign.

  2. 193 CEGraeco-Roman

    Proclaimed by the Danubian legions, Septimius Severus entered Rome unopposed to begin the Severan dynasty after the murder of Didius Julianus.

  3. 597 CEChristian · died

    Columba, the Irish abbot and missionary who founded the monastery on Iona, died on the island.

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