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This Day, September 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 14 81: Domitian, the third of the Falvians, became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.  Like his father Vespasian and his brother Titus, Domitian took great deal of pride in the victory over Judea.  On ... »

This Day, September 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 27 0070 The walls of the upper city of Jerusalem were battered down by the Roman army 1331: Polish forces under Wladyslaw and his son Casimir defeated the Germanic Knights at the Battle of Plowce.  From a military point of view the bat... »

This Day, September 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 21 19 BCE: Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s Eclogues or “Selected Poems also known as Bucolics or “Pastorals.. Written in 40 B.C., during the consulship o... »

This Day, September 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

September 9 337: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors dividing the Roman Empire between the three Augusti. Constantine was responsible for making Christianity the state religion of the Roman ... »