Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
May 11
330:
Roman Emperor Constantine I changed the name of the ancient city of Byzantium
to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes
the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The city will be known as Constantinople (the city of Constantine). The
move…
May 10
70:
During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus, the commander of the Roman legions and
the son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and
attacks the city’s Third Wall to the northwest.
1013:
After three long years of fighting…
May 7
833
BCE (2 Iyar 2928): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the
Temple in Jerusalem.
351:
Gallus, who had been appointed “Caesar” of the East by his cousin, the Emperor
Constantius II arrived in Antioch. Antioch was the capital…
May 4
1008:
Birthdate of King Henry I of France who reigned from 1031 until his death in
1060 which means that he was on the throne when a future wine maker, Shlomo
Yitzhaki, was born at Troyes in 1040.
[But today, who remembers the French monar…
April 30
313: Licinius
defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of
the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was his
brother-in-law, Constantine. The two in laws would clash repeatedly un…
April 27
399
BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been
imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come some Jews would study
Socrates and other Greeks, in many cases trying to find a harmony between Ju…
April 25
693:
Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close,
would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to the Jews living under
the Visigoths. This Visigoth
anti-Semitism would provide a major impetus fo…
April 24
70:
During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions break through
Jerusalem’s middle wall, but are driven back by the Jewish defenders.
396:
As conditions for the Jews in the Roman Empire worsen, the Roman Emperors adopt
a law…
April
18
383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption
Jewish religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. “The order which Jewish men flatter
themselves with and which gives them immunity from the compulsory public
services of decuri…
April 16
1457 BCE: Egyptian
forces under Thutmose III defeated a group of rebellious Canaanite Vassal
States at the Battle of Megiddo. This would have taken place while the
Israelites were slaves in Egypt. The strategic position of Megiddo would make
…
April 6
1199:
King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an
arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign fighting to protect
his lands in France or on the Third Crusade. While he was in England, he did
protec…
April 6
1199:
King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an
arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign fighting to protect
his lands in France or on the Third Crusade. While he was in England, he did
protec…