March 1
752 BC Romulus,
first king of Rome, celebrated the first Roman triumph after his victory over
the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women.
86 BC Lucius
Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, entered Athens, and
removed the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of
Pontus.
918 Balderik became Bishop of Utrecht. He was the son of Count Ricfried in the Betuwe, who expelled the Vikings from Utrecht.
Sept 13
585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome,
celebrated a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of
Collatia.
509 BC The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill was dedicated on the ides of September.
81 Roman emperor Titus, who was on the throne when Pompeii was
destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, died in Rome at age 40.
122 Construction
of Hadrian's Wall began.
533 General Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire
defeated Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimium, near Carthage,
North Africa.
1321 Dante, author of "The Divine Comedy," died.
1475
Cesare Borgia was born.
