March 15, 44 BCE — Julius Caesar is assassinated
Shakespeare’s version might be better known, but the best historical account of the death of Big Julie was written by...
October 9, 2022
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August 12, 30 BCE — Cleopatra commits suicide
Cleopatra VII, reputedly one of the most beautiful women ever to have lived, was the eleventh and last Ptolemy ruler...
September 29, 2022
September 9, 9 CE — Arminius’ Germanic tribes defeat the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was a stunning defeat of the Roman legions by Germanic tribesmen. 2000 years ago...
September 24, 2022
April 2, 33 CE — Jesus predicts his betrayal by Peter
It’s a well-known story. At the Last Supper, after Jesus bluntly tells his twelve closest friends that one of them...
July 31, 2022
April 2, 33 CE — Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
Known to Christians as the “Agony in the Garden”, Christ’s prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of...
July 31, 2022
October 13, 54 CE — Nero becomes Emperor of Rome
The sixth and final ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Nero was the grand-nephew of his predecessor, the Emperor Claudius and...
June 29, 2022
July 18, 64 — Nero fiddles while Rome burns
It’s an iconic image, symbolising madness, decadence and a corrupt lust for power. But did it actually happen? In all...
June 24, 2022
August 24, 79 — Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum
You probably know this one: Mt Vesuvius erupted, not entirely without warning, but far more violently than anticipated, in the...
June 19, 2022
October 27, 312 CE — Constantine I sees a vision of a fiery cross
On the eve of what history would record as the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the Emperor Constantine had a vision....
June 7, 2022
July 9, 455 CE — Avitus becomes Emperor of Rome
Eparchius Avitus was a member of the Gallo-Roman aristocracy of the empire in his day. He was a strong proponent...
June 4, 2022
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