On the 24th January 41 CE, Caligula became the first Roman Emperor to be assassinated.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
On the 16th January 27 BCE, the Roman Senate granted Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps.
After seventeen years, the Second Punic War was finally brought to an end with the decisive victory of the Roman general and consul Scipio Africanus over Hannibal at the Battle of Zama.
Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium.
Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil War.
On the 13th October AD 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, supposedly after being poisoned.
Octavian defeated the combined forces of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.
The 24th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Nero, the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, committed suicide.
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018