Mary Ann Bernal

October 28 312 Constantine I defeated Maxentius and became the sole ruler of the Roman empire in the west with victory at the Mil...

December 7, 43 BC Roman orator and advocate Cicero was executed on the orders of Mark Antony. 983 German King Otto III took the thro...

November 23, 534 BC Thespis of Icaria became the first actor to portray a character onstage, instead of speaking as him or herself.  He ...

November 8 392 Roman Emperor Theodosius passed legislation prohibiting all pagan worship in the empire. 911 Duke Koenraad I was chos...

June 18  860 Swedish Vikings attacked Constantinople. 1053 Pope Leo IX was taken prisoner by the Normans. 1155 German King Frede...

April 26 121 Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor 161-180) was born. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also consid...

April 14 43 BC Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieged Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina an...

December 21  69 the end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian became the fourth Emperor of Ro...

December 7 43 BC Roman orator and advocate Cicero was assassinated on the orders of Marc Antony. 983 German King Otto III took the t...