Three Praetorian Guards cornered Caligula in a cryptoporticus beneath his palace on the Palatine Hill and stabbed him to death.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The title Augustus is understood to translate as ‘the illustrious one’ and, although the title did not grant Octavian him political authority, many historians see this as the point at which his rule as first Roman Emperor began.
Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil War.
Octavian defeated the combined forces of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.
On the 13th October AD 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, supposedly after being poisoned.
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.
The future Roman Emperor Titus began the Siege of Jerusalem, during which the Second Temple was burned and destroyed.
On the 15th March 44BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death near to the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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