On Friday, Sept. 13, Lee University’s Center for Responsible Citizenship (CRC) will host the 14th Annual Constitution Day Quiz Bowl for the Southeast Tennessee region. This year, the competition will […]
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September 2
44 BCE: Cicero delivers the
first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will
make 14 of them over the next several months. From a Jewish perspective it
might be proper to say “a pox on both of your houses.”&nbs…
August 31
12 CE: Birthdate of Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor. Caligula was crowned in 37 and murdered in
41. Life for Jews during his reign was
part of the downward spiral that would result in three rebellions by the Jews
over the next one …
August 29
1255: The body of
little boy who had disappeared was found in a well at Lincoln. The boy would become known as Little Saint
Hugh of Lincoln (England) was the subject of an infamous ritual murder libel.
It was alleged that Jews enticed …
August 28
388: Magnus
Maximus, an Hispanic usurper to the throne of the western Roman Empire passed
away. During his disputed reign Maximus issued an edict of which censured
Christians at Rome for burning down a Jewish synagogue which was condemned by…
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