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10-04-2010, 07:35 AM
October 2, 534 AD: The Ostrogothic king Athalaric dies of alcohol abuse at age 18.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-04-2010, 07:45 AM
October 3, 52 BC: Vercingetorix, leader of the army of the united Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar after he faced starvation and the rdefeat of the relief force, ending the siege and Battle of the oppidum of Alesia.
October 3, 42 BC: First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. October 3, 382 AD: Theodosius makes peace with the Visigoths and settles them as federates in Moesia II, probably with some degree of autonomy.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-04-2010, 07:49 AM
October 4, 610 AD: Flavius Heraclius (c. 575 – February 11, 641) arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, to overthrow the usurper and tyrant Phocas and becomes Emperor. Heraclius managed to defeat the Sassanid Persian empire, which soon succumbed to the new Muslim threat from the Arabian peninsula.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-06-2010, 06:53 AM
October 5, 456 AD: Battle of the Campus Paramus on the banks of the river Urbicus (Obrigo), in which the army of the Visigoths as federates of the emperor Avitus, soundly defeats the Sueves. The coalition (the army also includes Franks as well as the Burgundian kings Gundiod and Chilperic) rout the Sueves and their king Rechiarius is taken prisoner.
October 5, 578 AD: Death of the emperor Flavius Justinus Junior Augustus (Justin II, c. 520 – 5 October 578, emperor 565 - 578). During his reign, the Lombrard overran the recently pacified Italian peninsula, the Avars crossed the Danube and the Sassanid Persians defeated the Romans during two campaigns, overrunning Syria. In his later years, Justin went mad. He raised his general Tiberius to be Caesar in December 574 and withdrew into retirement. According to John of Ephesus, as Justin II slipped into the unbridled madness of his final days he was pulled through the palace on a wheeled throne, biting attendants as he passed. Tiberius and Justin's wife Sohia ruled as regents for a year, and after Justin's death in 578, Tiberius succeeded him as Tiberius II Constantine.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-06-2010, 07:18 AM
October 6, 105 BC: Battle of Arausio: The Teutoni and the Cimbri under Boiorix defeat the Roman army, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus due to a lack of cooperation between the Roman commanders.
October 6, 69 BC: Battle of Tigranocerta against Tigranes of Armenia in the Third Mithridatic War. The Roman army under Lucullus feigned a retreat, defeated the Armenian cataphracts by to attacking the horses' legs and thighs and broke up the remaining Armenian infantry. The capital Tigranocerta, defenceless, was looted by the Romans afterwards.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-08-2010, 06:31 AM
October 8, 316 AD: Constantine, despite being outnumbered, defeats Licinius near Cibalae in Pannonia. After a long excchange of missiles, the main bodies of the armies met in close combat. A fierce hand-to-hand battle began until, late in the day, Constantine personally leads a cavalry charge from the right wing. The charge broke Licinius' ranks. It is reported that as many as 20,000 of Licinius' troops were killed during the battle. The cavalry of the defeated army accompanied Licinius when he fled the field under the cover of darkness.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-10-2010, 03:27 PM
October 10, 19 AD: Death of Germanicus Julius Caesar (born 24 May 16 B.C. or 15 B.C.). He was a Roman general, the grandson-in-law and great-nephew of the Emperor Augustus, nephew and adoptive son of the Emperor Tiberius, father of the Emperor Caligula, brother of the Emperor Claudius, and the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-12-2010, 07:06 AM
October 12, 539 BC: The Achaemenid Persian army of K?ruš (Cyrus the Great) takes the city of Babylon, defeating the Neo-Babylonic empire.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-13-2010, 06:10 AM
October 13, 54 AD: Death of the emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Claudius), b. 10 BC., of poison.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-17-2010, 07:38 PM
October 17, 456 AD: the emperor Avitus is pursued by the commanders of the rebelling Italian army, Ricimer and Majorian, and defeated at Placentia (Piacenza), after which he is deposed and forced to become a bishop on the spot (though some say he was strangled or starved).
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-19-2010, 03:03 PM
October 19, 202 BC: Battle of Zama. During the Second Punic War, the Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeat the Carthagian army under Hannibal.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-20-2010, 11:39 PM
October 20, 460 AD: Death of Aelia Eudoxia, widow of Theodosius II, aged c. 60, still a prisoner in Africa.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12) 
10-21-2010, 01:41 AM
October 19 439 AD—Carthage falls to the Vandals.
10-22-2010, 11:49 AM
Quote:October 19 439 AD—Carthage falls to the Vandals.Actually, that was october 29, wiki's wrong here. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
10-22-2010, 11:53 AM
October 22, 362 AD: A mysterious fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch. The emperor Julian blamed the Christians and confiscated the funds of the church in Antioch.
October 22, 472 AD: Death of the western emperor Olybrius of dropsy after just 6 months in office.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12) |
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