September 13

586
BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben
Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar in an
attempt to revitalize the Jewish community. His assassin, Ishmael ben Natanya,
a descen…

September
9 

337:
Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine
I as co-emperors dividing the Roman Empire between the three Augusti.
Constantine was responsible for making Christianity the state religion of the …

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 an…

August 31

12 CE: Birthdate of Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor.  Caligula was crowned in 37 and murdered in
41.  Life for Jews during his reign was
part of the downward spiral that would result in three rebellions by the Jews
over the next one …

August 29

1255: The body of
little boy who had disappeared was found in a well at Lincoln.  The boy would become known as Little Saint
Hugh of Lincoln (England) was the subject of an infamous ritual murder libel.
It was alleged that Jews enticed …

August 28

388: Magnus
Maximus, an Hispanic usurper to the throne of the western Roman Empire passed
away. During his disputed reign Maximus issued an edict of which censured
Christians at Rome for burning down a Jewish synagogue which was condemned by…