September 23

484 BCE:  Birthdate of the very influential Greek playwright Euripides. Wherever Greek culture spread, writers attempted to create drama
in the manner of Euripides.  During the
time of Hellenization of the Jews, a Jewish playwri…

 September 19

335:
Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his Uncle Constantine I who had
turned the Roman Empire into a Christian entity.  Following the death of Constantine, his
successor Constantius II reportedly had Dalmatius murde…

 September 18

825
BCE: The Jewish people began a 14-day celebration
to dedicate the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple project was initiated by
King David, and built by his son, King Solomon. Solomon’s Temple was the
spiritual center of Jewish …

 September 18

825
BCE: The Jewish people began a 14-day celebration
to dedicate the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple project was initiated by
King David, and built by his son, King Solomon. Solomon’s Temple was the
spiritual center of Jewish …

September 14

81: Domitian, the third of the Falvians, became Emperor of the
Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.  Like his father Vespasian and his brother
Titus, Domitian took great deal of pride in the victory over Judea.  On …

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 10

134
CE: The great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Akiva, was taken captive by the Romans, and
executed five days later in Caesarea, Israel. Rabbi Akiva had been a
40-year-old shepherd who could not even read the Aleph-Bet. One day, he came
across a …