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#OnThisDay in 211, Geta was murdered on the orders of his brother Caracalla; he died in the arms of his mother Julia Domna
In the run up to the Battle of Chalons, the army of Aetius and Theoderic relieved Orléans which was under siege by Attila the Hun #OnThisDay in 451
#OnThisDay in 335, Pope Sylvester I died and was buried in the Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome
#OnThisDay in 70, the siege of Jerusalem ended with resistance crumbling as the Romans attacked the Royal Palace
Even 4 days of tremors and the feast of Vulcan #OnThisDay in 79 did not awaken Pompeii to what was about to happen...
The feast of Brendan, an early Irish monk who founded Clonfert and 'discovered' Saint Brendan's Island in the early 6th century, is celebrated #OnThisDay
According to the 8th century forgery - the 'Donation of Constantine', #OnThisDay in 315, Constantine I transferred authority over Rome and the western Roman Empire to Pope Sylvester I
Having avoided the blockading Carthaginian fleet, Agathocles of Syracuse landed in Africa near Cape Bon with about 14,000 men #OnThisDay in 310BC
#OnThisDay in 451, Metz was sacked by Attila and his Huns in the prelude to the Battle of Catalaunian Fields
#OnThisDay in 604, Pope Gregory the Great died; he had made great strides in the spreading of Catholicism