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 Roman
…

September 6

3761
B.C.E.: The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. “The epoch of the modern
Hebrew calendar is Monday, October 7, 3761 BCE,
being the tabular date (same daylight period) in the proleptic Julian calendar
corresponding to 1 Tishri AM 1 (AM =…

September 3

141 BCE (18th of Elul, 3619): The fight begun by Matthias and
Judah came to a successful conclusion when Simon was elected High Priest and
was recognized as the governing authority of an independent Jewish state.

301: San Marino, one of t…

September 2

44 BCE: Cicero delivers the
first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will
make 14 of them over the next several months. From a Jewish perspective it
might be proper to say “a pox on both of your houses.”&nbs…

August 30

70: According to
Josephus, the day one which the Second Temple was set aflame

500: Having conquered
Italy, Ostrogoth King Theodoric gave the Jews freedom to worship.

526 Death of Theodoric
the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (the eastern Got…

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…

August 22

70:
According to Josephus, Titus began the battering operations against the wall of
the Temple Court 6:4)

634: Abu Bakr,
the father-in-law of Mohammed and first Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate who
was a leader in the “campaign against the …