Daily Roman Imperial Cause of Death #248
Eudokia Ingerina
Imperial Husband: Basil I
Supposed C.O.D.: Natural causes
Verdict: Not nonsense
Actual C.O.D.: N/A

#OnThisDay in 727, rebels against Leo III were defeated by the imperial navy and its Greek fire, with the rebel leader Agallianos drowning

The feast of Molaise, born in Ireland, educated in Scotland, a monk on Holy Isle and then abbot at Leighlin in early 7th century, is celebrated #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay in 383, Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I decreed that any religious leader, Jewish or Christian, who is exempted from compulsory public service must find another person to fulfil those obligations (CTh XII.1.99)

Happy 1665th Birthday to Gratian, born perhaps #OnThisDay in 359 in Sirmium to Valentinian I and Marina Severa!

#OnThisDay in 321, Constantine decreed that any slave freed before a bishop automatically became a Roman citizen. Clergy could also free slaves in their will. (CTh IV.7.1)

The feast of Apollonius the Apologist, martyred in 185 under Commodus, is celebrated in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History and #OnThisDay

The feast of Corebus, converted by Eleutherius, bishop of Messina, Sicily and then Illyricum, and martyred under Hadrian in 138, is celebrated #OnThisDay

The feast of Eleutherius and Antia, 2nd century bishop of Illyricum and his mother, both perhaps natives of Messina, is celebrated #OnThisDay

Daily Roman Imperial Cause of Death #247
Basil I
Supposed C.O.D.: Assassinated on the orders of Leo VI
Verdict: Paranoid/Political/Fever-induced nonsense
Actual C.O.D.: Fever brought on by infected injuries suffered in a hunting accident

#OnThisDay in 744, the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid II, known for his drinking and dissolute life is killed at Al-Aghdaf

#OnThisDay in 617, St Donnán of Eigg was immolated or beheaded with his companions on the order of a Pictish queen

#OnThisDay in 485, one of the last great Classical philosophers, the Neoplatonist Proclus Lycaeus, died in Athens

#OnThisDay in 392, Valentinian II, Theodosius I and Arcadius decreed that secular judges could no longer force the Jewish community to readmit members it had expelled (CThXVI.8.8)

#OnThisDay in 392, Valentinian II, Theodosius I and Arcadius decreed that circus races and contests could not take place on a Sunday, unless it was the emperor’s birthday (CTh II.8.20)

#OnThisDay in 392, Theodosius, Valentinian II and Arcadius allowed monks to return to towns (CTh XVI.3.2), overturning a law of 2 September 380

#OnThisDay in 364, Valentinian I and Valens mandated that tradesmen should use some of their excess money to aid Christians, paupers, and the needy (CJ 1.4.1)

#OnThisDay in 364, Valentinian I and Valens decreed that all tradesmen had to pay the tradesmen’s tax, even if they were clergy (CTh XIII.1.5)

Happy 1980th Birthday to Evaristus, pope from c.99, who was born in Bethlehem #OnThisDay in 44!

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