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25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community

  • 25th March 2022
  • Tagged as: Agreement, Economics, Economy, Europe, European Union, Italy, Politics, Rome, Treaty

The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European Union.

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15th March 44 BCE: Roman dictator Julius Caesar stabbed to death near the Theatre of Pompey in Rome

  • 15th March 2022
  • Tagged as: Assassination, Augustus, Caesar, Julius Caesar, Murder, Roman Empire, Rome

Casca was the first to strike and caused a stab wound to Caesar’s neck. He suffered a total of 23 stab wounds in the attack.

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24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

  • 24th January 2022
  • Tagged as: Ancient Rome, Assassination, Caligula, Politics, Roman Empire, Rome

Three Praetorian Guards cornered Caligula in a cryptoporticus beneath his palace on the Palatine Hill and stabbed him to death.

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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

  • 17th January 2022
  • Tagged as: Britain, France, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Rome, Second World War, Sicily, USA, War

The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.

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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps

  • 16th January 2022
  • Tagged as: Ancient Rome, Augustus, Emperor, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Roman Empire, Rome

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.

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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

  • 10th January 2022
  • Tagged as: First Triumvirate, Julius Caesar, March on Rome, Pompey, Roman Empire, Rome, Rubicon

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil War.

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30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

  • 30th December 2021
  • Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Catholicism, Christianity, Israel, Judaism, Politics, Pope, Rome, Vatican, Vatican City

Relations between Catholicism and Judaism cover a long, complex and violent history in which Christians revered the Jewish scriptures yet held Jews collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus.

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1st November 1512: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel unveiled

  • 1st November 2021
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, Italy, Michelangelo, Papacy, Pope, Renaissance, Rome, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.

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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

  • 31st October 2021
  • Tagged as: Blackshirts, Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Revolution, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

  • 27th September 2021
  • Tagged as: Catholicism, Europe, Mexico, Papacy, Papal States, Pope, Rome, Smoking, Tobacco, Urban VII, Urban VIII, Vatican

The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.

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