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Emperor Valentinian II's Assassination: Roman Empire's Turning Point (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (15 May 2024)
Today's historical events:
Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain.
Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the…
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