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May
2
373:
“Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria…aggressive opponent of Arianism and polemicist
against Judaism died today.”
693:
The Sixteenth Council of Toledo, which had opened on April 25, met for the last
time. Among its other accomplishments,…
May 1
305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to
provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of
Rome. Relatively speaking, Diocletian’s
reign was a positive period for the Jews.
Diocletian was not overly…
April 30
313: Licinius
defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of
the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was his
brother-in-law, Constantine. The two in laws would clash repeatedly un…
April 28
66: After stealing
money from the Temple Treasury, the Roman Procurator Gessius Florus allowed his
troops to “loot the Upper Market” of Jerusalem. He also unleashed his Cohorts
on the crowds of Jews who gathered to protest the theft. Th…
April 27
399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death
penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come
some Jews would study Socrates and other Greeks, in many cases trying to find a
harmony between Judaism …
April 24
70:
During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions broke through
Jerusalem’s middle wall but were driven back by the Jewish defenders.
396:
As conditions for the Jews in the Roman Empire worsen, the Roman Emperors adopt
a law…
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