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…

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…

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July 17

1203:  The Knights of the Fourth Crusade capture
Constantinople forcing the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus to flee from
his capital into exile.  Unlike other
Crusades, the focus of the Fourth Crusade was the Byzantine Empire a…