June 1, 344 BC: Temple of Juno Moneta dedicated in Rome. Juno Moneta was the goddess of money and this temple would eventually house Rome's first mint.
June 1, AD 193: Emperor Didius Julianus deposed and executed; Septimius Several recognized as Emperor by the Senate.
June 3, 469 BC: Likely birth date of Socrates, Athenian philosopher and "gadfly."
June 8, AD 452: Attila the Hun invades Italy. He is eventually turned back at the gates of Rome by a stern warning from Pope Leo I.
June 10-11, 323 BC: Alexander III The Great dies in Babylon (see above).
June 11, AD 146: Birthday of Emperor Septimius Severus.
June 13, AD 40: Birthday of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman great general and governor of Britannia.
June 14, 510 BC: Possible foundation date for the Roman Republic.
June 17, AD 362: Emperor Julian "the Apostate" issues an edict banning Christians from teaching in Syria.
June 18, 240 BC: Greek scientist Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of Earth using two sticks.
June 20, AD 451: Attila the Hun met and defeated by Roman and Visigothic forces at the Catalaunian Plains in Gaul.
June 21, 217 BC: Roman army destroyed by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
June 22, 168 BC: Romans under L. Aemilius Paullus crush the Macedonian phalanx at the Battle of Pydna in Macedon.
June 25, 107 BC: Emperor Trajan celebrates second triumph over the Dacians.
June 26, AD 4: Augustus adopts Tiberius as his son and successor.
June 26, AD 363: Julian "the Apostate" dies on campaign against the Persians.
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