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 11
813:
Coronation of Louis the Pious who “faithful to the principles of his father
Charlemagne and granted strict protection to Jews, whom he respected as
merchants” and who like his father believed that ‘the Jewish question’ could be
solve…
September 4
476:
The German general Odoacer defeated Orestes and deposed the child emperor
Romulus Augustus marking the “official end of the Roman Empire.” Actually, this was the end of the Empire in
the West. The Eastern Empire continued to rul…
September 4
476:
The German general Odoacer defeated Orestes and deposed the child emperor
Romulus Augustus marking the “official end of the Roman Empire.” Actually, this was the end of the Empire in
the West. The Eastern Empire continued to rul…
September 3
175(BCE): Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greek King of the Channukah story
began his reign today.
141 BCE (18th of Elul, 3619): The fight begun by Matthias and
Judah came to a successful conclusion when Simon was elected High Priest and
was …
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