August 25

79: Pliny the
Elder passed away.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0016_0_15865.html

1270: Louis IX
passed away. To the Christian world he became known as St. Louis.  Louis
“despised his Jews” and he treate…

August 24

410:
The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days. According to
tradition, the treasures of the Temples taken by the Romans in 70 now fell into
his hands.  The Visigoths would move and
by the start of the 8th century …

August 17

986: During the days of
the First Bulgarian Empire, the army of Emperor Samuil of Bulgaria and his
brother defeat the Byzantines led by Basil II. 
The Bulgarian Empire had provided a haven for Jews escaping from the Byzantine
Army so th…

August 9

48 B.C.E.: Julius
Caesar defeated Pompey at the battle of Parsalus. This victory helped to cement
Caesar’s position and put an end to Pompey. Considering Pompey’s behavior
towards the Jews, including his desecration of the Temple, Caesar’s vi…

August 7

117:  The Roman Emperor Trajan passed away.  Trajan came to think of himself as another
Alexander the Great and moved east towards Babylonia with the intent of
extending the boundaries of the Roman Empire. 
One of Trajan’s firs…