September 12

490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the
Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians were led
by Darius I, the ruler under whom the Second Temple was built.  It would not be surpri…

September 8

70: On the secular
calendar, Jerusalem is sacked by the 60,000 troops of Titus’ Roman army after a
six-month siege. Over a million Jewish citizens perished in the siege and,
following the city’s capture, another 97,000 were sold into slave…

September
1

September is an auspicious month in terms of Jewish
History.  Like most things in the world of Jews, it is a
mixed bag– a combination of the bitter and the sweet. 

Today we mark the anniversary of the start…

August 30

70: According to
Josephus, the day on which the Second Temple was set aflame

500: Having conquered
Italy, Ostrogoth King Theodoric gave the Jews freedom to worship.

526 Death of Theodoric
the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (the eastern Goth…

August 26

1071:
The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at the Battle of Manzikert. This
battle took place during the successful conquest of Palestine, or as what the
Christians called the Holy Land which lasted until 1080. This left the Muslim
Tur…

August 4

70:
According to some, the date on the secular calendar when the Second Temple was
destroyed by the Romans.

367:
Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-August by his father
and associated to the throne aged eight. 
The…

August 3

8
C.E.: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
As the stepson of Augustus, Tiberius would become Caesar four years after this
victory.  Tiberius did appoint Pontius
Pilate as the procurator of Judea.&nbsp…