02-17-2011, 08:55 PM
February 11, 55 AD: Death of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February 41 — before 12 February 55), heir to the Roman throne, under mysterious circumstances in Rome. Nero dismissed the murder by claiming that the boy suffered from epilepsy, and some historians support this, but Tacitus claimed he was murdered by poison at the instigation of Nero, after his stepmother Agrippina declared that she repented of her actions to bring Nero to the throne, and would throw in her lot with Britannicus.
February 11, 244 AD: Death of the Emperor Gordian III, under unclear circumstances. Roman sources suggest that Gordian died far away, upstream of the Euphrates, or that Philip, who succeeded Gordian as emperor, as having murdered Gordian at Zaitha (Qalat es Salihiya). However, Persian sources claim that a battle (unmentioned by Roman sources) was fought (Battle of Misiche) near modern Fallujah (Iraq) and resulted in a major Roman defeat and the death of Gordian III.
February 11, 641 AD: Death of the Emperor Flavius Heraclius.
February 11, 244 AD: Death of the Emperor Gordian III, under unclear circumstances. Roman sources suggest that Gordian died far away, upstream of the Euphrates, or that Philip, who succeeded Gordian as emperor, as having murdered Gordian at Zaitha (Qalat es Salihiya). However, Persian sources claim that a battle (unmentioned by Roman sources) was fought (Battle of Misiche) near modern Fallujah (Iraq) and resulted in a major Roman defeat and the death of Gordian III.
February 11, 641 AD: Death of the Emperor Flavius Heraclius.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
