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…

 April
21

753 BCE: According to
tradition, on this date Romulus and Remus founded Rome.  Considering the impact that Rome would have
on the Jewish people this date is worth noting. 

586: Ricard I became
King the Visigoth King of Hispa…