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September 16, 2019
On this day, 15 September 668 A.D., the Eastern Roman Emperor, Constans II Pogonatus , was assassinated whilst at his bath in Syracuse, Sicily.
April 14, 2018
Lucius Septimius Severus became Emperor of Rome on 14 April 193 and remained in power until his death in early 211.
February 25, 2018
When Roman Emperor Hadrian died on 10 July 138, he left, as did his predecessors, an adopted son as his successor, Antoninus Pius.
February 11, 2018
Two young Roman emperors met untimely ends on 11 February, Britannicus in 55 and Gordian III in 244.
February 4, 2018
Lucius Septimius Severus died 4 February 211.
January 14, 2018
It is possible that Mark Antony met the young Cleopatra when he served under the Roman general Gabinius in 55 BCE.
December 22, 2017
Roman Emperor Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valorous Diocletianus) was born on 22 December 244.
December 10, 2017
10 December: An Important Date in Eleventh-Century Byzantium.