Vespasian, the founder of the short-lived Flavian Dynasty in ancient Rome, died on this day in A.D. 79. It's Vespasian and his sons that are the imperial family in Lindsey Davis' very entertaining historical mysteries about Marcus Didius Falco.
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One Virgin Too Many
Jupiter Myth
A Body in the Bathhouse
Silver Pigs
Ode to a Banker
Two For the Lions
The Course of Honor -- not a mystery, but about Vespasian's mistress

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The Council of Ephesus, convened on June 22, 431, met to discuss Nestorius Bishop of Constantinople.

John of the Golden Mouth, aka Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, who died in A.D. 407, was known for his oratorical skill. In 428, when the Emperor Theodosius II established Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople, it was hoped that Nestorius, who was also known for his sermons, would serve just as well. At first, all seemed right. Nestorius got right on the task of issuing edicts against heresies -- notably the Arian heresy, although he didn't seem bothered by the followers of Pelagius, whose heresy became popular in Britain, Palestine, and Carthage.

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On this day in the ancient world, the Romans won the Battle of Pydna, in 168 B.C. This battle, very costly to the Macedonians, ended the third Macedonian War.

Also on this day in A.D. 431, the third ecumenical council was convened by Cyril Patriarch of Alexandria and acting on behalf of the Archbishop of Rome.

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