May 1
305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to
provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of
Rome. Relatively speaking, Diocletian’s
reign was a positive period for the Jews.
Diocletian was not overly…
April 30
313: Licinius
defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of
the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was his
brother-in-law, Constantine. The two in laws would clash repeatedly un…
April 27
399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he
carried out the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the government.
For centuries to come some Jews would study Socrates and other Greeks, in many
cases trying to find a harmony between Judaism …
April 21
753
BCE: According to tradition, on this date Romulus and Remus founded Rome. Considering the impact that Rome would have
on the Jewish people this date is worth noting.
586:
Ricard I became King the Visigoth King of His…
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