On This Day – 24 October AD 51
Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus the future emperor of Rome was born. He became emperor after his brother Titus’ death in AD 81. Continue reading “AD 51 – The Emperor Domitian Born”
On This Day – 17 October AD 33
Agrippina the Elder, one of the most prominent women of 1st Century Rome, dies.
On This Day – 13 October AD 54
The unlikely emperor Claudius, who had become emperor on the 24th of January AD 41, was poisoned by order of the empress Agrippina, so that her son Nero could accede to the throne.
DNA testing has demonstrated that nearly two-thirds of villagers in a remote part of China on the fringes of the Gobi desert have Caucasian origins supporting a theory that these villagers may be descended from a lost Roman legion.
Continue reading “Chinese villagers descended from Roman Soldiers?”
27 September – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme to begin the invasion of England. He was also known as William the Bastard because he was the illegitimate child of Robert I (Duke of Normandy) and Herleva, the Duke’s mistress. Continue reading “1066 – William the Conqueror began the invasion of England”
September 19
Pius Was adopted by the emperor Hadrian and is widely regarded as one of the five good emperors, he succeeded to the principate after the death of Hadrian, he received the name Pius either as a result of his fight with the Senate to ensure the deification of Hadrian after his death, or his pardoning of Senators Hadrian had sentenced to death. Continue reading “AD 86 – Birth of Antonius Pius”
The daughter of the famous and much loved Germanicus, was born on 16 September AD 16 in Abitarvium in Germany.
The existence of Viking shield maidens although regularly mentioned in the sagas is still a matter of modern scholarly debate.
9 September – On this day
One of the most significant losses Rome ever suffered occurred in the Teutoburg forest during the reign of Rome’s first emperor Augustus. The Roman forces led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, the governor of Germania, were led into an ambush and slaughtered losing the three legions assigned to the fledgling province. Continue reading “AD 9 – Varus Disaster”
The Black Sea, known to the Greeks as Pontos Euxeinos or the “Hospitable Sea”, is the focus of this series, which is concerned with ethnic relations, cultural interaction, and economic interdependence in the Black Sea region in the period c. 700 BC-AD 325, but with a main focus on the years ca. 400 BC-100 AD. Continue reading “Black Sea Studies – Open Access Journal”
31 August,
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, AKA Caligula the future emperor of Rome and son of the very popular Germanicus was born on this day in AD 12. Continue reading “AD 12 – The Emperor Caligula is Born”
30 August
The city of Melbourne was founded 181 years ago when settlers landed on the North bank of the Yarra River. At the time of the arrival of the western settlers the area was inhabited by three local tribes the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong.
26-30 August
The Battle of Tannenberg saw the German forces under the command of Paul von Hindenburg inflict one of the most complete defeats in military history on the Russian second army.
A recent excavation at what is believed to be the site of the first battle of the Roman invasion of Scotland around 140 AD, has uncovered a number of lead slingshot that contained drilled holes. Continue reading “Lead Sling bullets that whistle”
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