September
24

15: Birthdate of Vitellius, the second of the four emperors
who “ruled” during 69 which created the chaos that Vespasian sought to show was
a thing of the passed when he had Titus destroy the Second Temple and destroy
much Eretz I…

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 22

384:
Roman Emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I forbid Jews from
buying or owning Christian slaves. If any such slaves are found with Jews, they
must be removed and sold to other Christians. If a Jewish master converts a
Chr…

September 21

19 BCE:
Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called
Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s Eclogues or “Selected Poems
also known as Bucolics or “Pastorals.. Written in 40 B.C., during the
consulship o…

September 20

357
B.C.E.: Birthdate of Alexander the Great. 
Alexander’s eastern conquests would bring the Jews in contact with Greek
Culture.  The conflict between Greek and
Jewish values would become a dominant motif in Jewish history over …