Today, we shall embark on an adventure to the Roman Empire, as the 31st of December is the day, when a barbarian army, a force of 80k men crossed the Rhein at Mainz.
One may think, that the barbarians crossing the Rhein is not special in any way. After all the empire was in decline for quite a while at that point. But the Rheins was one of the safest borders, that the Roman Empire had, and while it was commonly known that the western world collapses, many still hoped that at least a part of it may endure. The crossing was a proof, that such a thing is not very likely to happen, Furthermore, the crossing was followed by three uprisings in today's France, and presumably a lot of pillaging, raping, murdering and so on. The year 406 A.D was rather unpleasant for the romans, indeed,
But from the brighter news, the Byzantine Empire managded to reclaim Sicily from the Ostrogoths. The Eastern Roman Empire didn't hold it's "reclaimed" western provinces for too long, but it was something!
Many more things happened on that day but none of them took place in the ancient world and hence that is all for today!
Many thanks for reading and see ya!
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