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This Day In Ancient and Roman History

Modern Date:
June
8th
Roman Date:
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Interesting Notes:
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Major Happenings:
  • On this date in 68 AD Nero awoke to find that his guards had fled and that he was a wanted man.  He fled Rome and committed suicide the next day.
  • On this day in 632 AD, the "prophet" Mohammed, the founder of the Islamic religion, died in Medina at age 63.
  • On this day in 1191, Richard the Lion-Hearted of England arrived at the port of Acre in the Holy Land during the third Crusade.  He captured Acre, but could not recapture Jerusalem from the Turks.
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