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This Day, February 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to maintain imperial unity and authority. Since Jews, as well as Christian, resisted this concept, th... »
This Day, February 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 18 296: Cassius Dio, the namesake of the historian who “frequently records the religious zeal and self-sacrificing spirit of the Jews” and whose account of the Jewish War against the Roman Empire that resulted in the destruction of the Temple... »