History Trivia

March 17, On this day The Agonalia was held. It was held on January 9th, March 17, May 21st, and December 11th. On each day a ram was sacrificed, probably as an offering to Janus. 45 BC In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeated the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. 44 BC the conspirators in Julius Caesar's murder were granted amnesty in a short-lived reprieve before Mark Antony stirred the people to take revenge on them. 180 AD Marcus Aurelius died in his camp-bed during a campaign along the Danube frontier. Commodus became the sole emperor of the Roman Empire. 461 St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, died in Ireland at an approximate age of 72. 1337 Edward, the Black Prince was made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England.