January 26 1482: “The first edition of the Pentateuch with vowel signs and accents appeared today at Bologna. 1531: Three tremors shake Portugal and numerous houses are destroyed in Lisbon by an earthquake which the Pope and others believe confirm th... »
January 20 250: Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Decius reign came during a fifty-year period (235-285) that was marked by “crisis, confusion and deterioration throughout the Roman Empire. In what... »
January 4 41: The Praetorian Guard killed the Roman Emperor Caligula. Caligula is one of those vile figures whose behavior is dismissed as the acts of crazy person. As far as the Jews are concerned, Caligula had no use for them as a ... »
January 2 438: Empress Eudocia, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theodius II, who spent the last years of her life in the Holy Land allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and pray at the site of the Temple at the same time her husband was “announcing le... »