History Trivia - Alexander the Great destroys Thebes

 Sept 16

 335 BC Alexander the Great destroyed every building in Thebes, Egypt, except the temples and the house of the poet Pindar. 

 1400 Owain Glyndwr proclaimed himself Prince of Wales, launching the last Welsh rebellion against the English. 

1494 Francisco Maurolico was born. He was a Benedictine monk, historian, and mathematician, Maurolico wrote a history of Sicily and significant works on Greek mathematics.

History Trivia - solar eclipse marks the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes

Sept 7

 1251 BC a solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece. 

70 The Romans sacked Jerusalem, which ended the Jewish revolt and left only the "Wailing Wall" intact. 

1191 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeated Saladin at Arsuf, which ended the sultan's aura of invincibility.

History Trivia - veni, vidi, vici

August 2

338 BC A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.

216 BC Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal and his elephants defeated a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro, killing 60,000.

47 BC Julius Caesar said "veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) after defeating Pharnaces, King of Pontus (northeast Turkey).

924 Aelfweard of Wessex, second son of Edward the Elder (son and heir of Alfred the Great) died.

1100 William II (Rufus) was killed by an arrow shot by Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest.

History Trivia - Alexander the Great vanquishes Thebes

Sept 16

335 BC Alexander the Great destroyed every building in Thebes, Egypt, except the temples and the house of the poet Pindar.

1386 St. Ambrose of Camaldoli was born. Ambrose helped bring about a brief reunion of the Eastern and Western churches.

1387 King Henry V of England was born.

1400 Owain Glyndwr proclaimed himself Prince of Wales, launching the last Welsh rebellion against the English.

1494 Francisco Maurolico was born. He was a Benedictine monk, historian, and mathematician, Maurolico wrote a history of Sicily and significant works on Greek mathematics.