Saturday, March 16, 2024

 

Greetings all,
 
On this day we reflect on the death of the Emperor Valentinian III who was assinated by two Sythian retainers while practicing with a bow on the Camput Martius on , March 16th in 455 AD:
 
 
As they say - He had it comin'. The Sythians were followers of the celebrated Roman general Aetius. Valentinian III had wrongfully executed Aetius after being politically influenced against him.
 
 -Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
 
 
 

 

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