• Nero: Rise to Power in Ancient Rome (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

  • Mar 4 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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Nero: Rise to Power in Ancient Rome (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

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  • A Daily Dose of History (04 Mar 2025) Today's historical events: Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs. Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany. The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'. Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland. Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV. Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean. Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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