On this day in history, an earthquake rocked Pompeii in 62 AD.
The earthquake that rocked Pompeii happened just several years before Pompeii's infamous volcano erupted: the Mount Vesuvius eruption happened in Pompeii during the 24th of August 79 AD and killed thousands of people in Pompeii upon the eruption. But it was not the only event to strike Pompeii. The earthquake that struck Pompeii occurred on the 5th of February 62 AD. The earthquake that struck caused a lot of destruction to the city of Pompeii itself, it caused buildings to collapse and water supplies to be disrupted in the city. The earthquake itself was said to shatter the city and aftershocks continued for days after the 5th of February 62 AD. It was an earthquake that was devastating for the city itself and its buildings, but it doesn't seem to have caused the same destruction to human life that Mount Vesuvius caused some 17 years later. During the Mount Vesuvius eruption it's estimated 15,000 lived in Pompeii.
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Claudius became Roman Emperor on the 24th of January 41 AD.
Claudius became Emperor of the Roman Empire after his nephew - Caligula, died on the 24th of January 41 AD. Caligula was assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, he was only 29 years old at the time of his assassination. His assassination resulted in Claudius succeeding him to become Emperor of the Roman Empire. Claudius was the Emperor who expanded the Roman Empire. He went on to begin the conquer of Britain just two years after he became Emperor, in 43 AD. The Roman conquest of Britain would go on well after Claudius died in 54 AD. It took hundreds of years for the Roman conquest of Britain to die away - at around 425 AD, the colonization of Britain by the Romans had all but gone. The legacy of Emperor Claudius is that of being remember for the man who invaded Britain. Claudius himself set foot in Britain - he was in Colchester upon the initial invasion of Britain; he stayed in Britain a total of 16 days before leaving. Although Claudius did conquer Britain, he was not the first Roman Emperor to set foot there - Julius Caesar conquered Britain before him between 55 and 54 BC. Claudius was part of the 'Julio-Claudian Dynasty'. The Julio-Claudian Dynasty included five Roman Emperors, they were: Claudius, Tiberius, Augustus, Caligula and Nero. This dynasty ruled the Rome Empire from 27 BC until 68 AD. Fun fact: The full name of Claudius was 'Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus'. On this day in history, in 29BC, Octavian had successive triumphs in Rome. In total, Octavian had three triumphs in Rome, in 29BC. He defeated theDalmatian Tribes. The Dalmatian Tribes were a group of people who inhabited a large area of the Adriatic Sea, just off the coast of Italy. It is an area of water which runs between Italy and the Balkan state, seperating the two regions. Rome and Dalmatian were at war with each other for over 160 years. The first Dalmatian war came many years before Octavian was even born. But, he was successful in defeating the Dalmatian Tribe on several battles. |
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