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Philip the Arab: Rome's Millennium Celebration (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (27 Apr 2026)
Today's historical events:
Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi seaculares.
Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of…
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