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.
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.
On the 15th March 44BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death near to the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.
On the 24th January 41 CE, Caligula became the first Roman Emperor to be assassinated.
On the 16th January 27 BCE, the Roman Senate granted Octavian the titles Augustus and Princeps.
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