February 1682: Visigoth King Erwig pressed for the "utter extirpation of the pest of the Jews," and made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites in an area that corresponds to much of modern-day Spain. This put further pressure on the Jews to con... »
January 24 41: At midday today, Caligula, accompanied by Herod Agrippa, the last Jewish King of Judea, was leaving \ through a covered walkway when one of the Praetorian tribunes drew his sword and hit his shoulder with such force that he almost fille... »
January 17 395: Emperor Theodosius, I passed away in Milan. During his reign he instituted several laws that directly impacted his Jewish subject. One “dealt with the obligation of Jews and Samaritans to acts as shipmasters over goods bein... »
January 13 519 BCE: Darius had “a crown made for Zerubbabel out of gold sent by Jews in Babylon.” 915: Birthdate of Al-Hakam II, the second Caliph of Cordoba from 961 to 976 whose subjects included Hasdai ibn Shaprut and Enoch Ben Moses... »