This Day in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 15 423: Honorious Flavius, the Western Roman Emperor who confiscated gold and silver which had been collected by the...
August 15 423: Honorious Flavius, the Western Roman Emperor who confiscated gold and silver which had been collected by the...
August 14 508: Maurice, the Emperor of the Byzantine Emperor who in 592 would punish “the entire Jewish community of...
August 13 236: The body of Hippolytus, the author of Contra Judaeous, which blamed the harsh conditions of the Jews...
August 12 30 BCE: Cleopatra committed suicide. According to Josephus, the Egyptian tried to convince her lover and co-ruler, Marc...
August 11 1492: Alexander VI is elected Pope. Alexander was one of the Borgia popes. He had reputation for “moral...
August 10 612 BCE: Sinsharishkun, King of the Assyrian Empire was killed, and his capital city of Nineveh was destroyed. ...
August 9 48 B.C.E.: Julius Caesar defeated Pompey at the battle of Parsalus. This victory helped to cement Caesar’s position...
August 8 117 C.E.: Hadrian named Emperor of the Roman Empire. He is remembered as the man who accepted the...
August 7 117: The Roman Emperor Trajan passed away. Trajan came to think of himself as another Alexander the Great...