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On this day we celebrate with joy the victory of General Belisarius over the Vandals in the Battle of Tricamarum on December 15th in 533 AD:

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This effectively ended the power of the Vandals, and all their territory soon came under Roman rule.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

 

 

 

 

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On this day, we commemorate with sadness the major earthquake in Constantinople on December 14th in 557 AD:

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The quake razed most of the buildings in the city, caused damage to the dome of the Hagia Sophia (it collapsed the following year) and damaging the city walls to the point where the next year invading Huns were able to penetrate them with ease

 

 

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

 

 

 

 

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On this Day - December 13th in 1349 AD, Michael of Trebizond was deposed as Emperor of Trebizond:

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His rule had been unsuccessful and he was in ill health. He was forced to abdicate in favor of John VI Kantakouzenos, the son of Emperor of Trebizond Basil Megas Komnenos, who arrived from Constantinople and was crowned on December 22 as Emperor Alexios III.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

 

 

 

 

 

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On this day, December 11th in 361 AD, the Emperor Julian entered Constantinople as the sole Emperor of the Roman Empire:

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Religious controversies aside, he was a competent administrator and reformed many court excesses which had existed under his uncle, Emperor Constantius II.

 

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

 

 

 

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On this Day we reflect on the passing of the Emperor Michael V on December 10th in 1041 AD:

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Although gravely ill he led had led the Byzantine army to victory in Thessalonica. He passed shortly after returning to Constantinople in triumph.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

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On this Day we commemorate with joy the recapture of Rome by General Belisarius in 536 AD during the Gothic Wars:

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Gothic forces retreated without battle and Belisarius and his troops entered the city through the Asinaria Gate in triumph.

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On this Day, we commemorate the raising of Tiberius II Constantine as Ceasar on December 7th in 574 AD:

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It was a time of new hope for the empire after the illnesses of the Emperor Justin II.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

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