On This Day (October 31)

October 31, 451, is the date of Canon 28 of the Council of Chalcedon: Following in all things the decisions of the holy Fathers, and acknowledging the

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On This Day (October 20)

On this day in 460, Aelia Eudocia, wife of the emperor Theodosius II, died in Jerusalem (see here and here). In addition to being Augusta, Eudocia, th

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On This Day (September 27)

September 27th is the anniversary of Theoderic’s defeat of Odovacer at the Battle of Verona in 489: Odovacer must have known for some time of Theoderi

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