August 8 117 C.E.: Hadrian named Emperor of the Roman Empire. He is remembered as the man who accepted the limits of the Roman empire, as can be...
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This Day, August 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"l
August 7 117: The Roman Emperor Trajan passed away. Trajan came to think of himself as another Alexander the Great and moved east towards Babylonia...
This Day, August 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 6 412: Roman emperors Honorius and Theodosius II command that Jews should not be persecuted because of their religion or have their property...
This Day, August 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 5 135: Betar fell to the Romans 939: Battle of Alhandic: Cordoban forces conquered the Leonese city of Zamora, Spain with great cost in...
This Day, August 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 4 70: According to some, the date on the secular calendar when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans. 367: Gratian, son of Roman...
This Day, August 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 3 8 C.E.: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. As the stepson of Augustus, Tiberius would become Caesar...
This Day, August 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 2 338 BCE: A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing...
This Day, August 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 1 30 BCE: Mark Antony died. Following the victory of Octavian and Antony over those who had murdered Julius Caesar, Antony became ruler of...
This Day, July 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 31 904: Thessaloniki, which is also known as Salonica, is sacked and looted by Saracens (an Arab group). The Jewish population of Thessaloniki...