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Thursday, February 23, 2023
The End
Justin, Epitome 9.3.11 (Battle of Chaeronea; tr. John Selby Watson):
This day put an end to the glorious sovereignty and ancient liberty of all Greece.
hic dies universae Graeciae et gloriam dominationis et vetustissimam libertatem finivit.