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Rise and Fall of Emperor Pertinax (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (01 Jan 2025)
Today's historical events:
The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
Saint Telemachus tries to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and is stoned to death by the crowd. This act impresses the Christian Emperor Honorius, who issues a historic ban on gladiatorial fights.
Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable).
Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed…
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