2027 years ago today: Augustus took the title Pontifex Maximus
March 6, 2015
Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, took the title “pontifex maximus” and combined in himself political and religious leadership.
1877 years ago today: Hadrian adopted Pius on the proviso Pius adopted Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus…
February 25, 2015
Today marks the anniversary of the adoption of Antoninus Pius by the emperor Hadrian, on condition that Pius adopted both Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
1899 years ago today: Trajan was awarded the title Parthicus
February 20, 2015
Emperor Trajan, or Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus, was born on September 18th AD 56 to Marcia and Marcus Ulpius Traianus, a prominent senator and general. Trajan acceded to the emperorship in AD 98, reigning until his death in AD 117. He fought in Germania and proved to be a gifted general under the reign of Nerva.
1771 years ago today: Roman emperor Gordian III died aged just 19
February 11, 2015
On February 11th 244 the boy-emperor Gordian III died in mysterious circumstances aged just nineteen. He was the youngest person to accede to unshared power in the history of the Roman empire.
2064 years ago today: Caesar crossed the Rubicon
January 10, 2015
On this day, the tenth of January in 49 BC, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and precipitated the final crisis of the Roman Republic. Tracing the roots of this momentous decision requires us to go back eleven years to 60 BC.
1653 years ago today: the last Pagan emperor entered Constantinople
December 11, 2014
On the 11th December 361, the last pagan emperor Julian II (also known as Julian the Apostate) entered Constantinople as the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.
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