History Fun Facts for October 3rd
HISTORY FUN FACTS - OCTOBER 3rd On This Day In History in 52 BC, Vercingetorix surrendered to Julius Caesar , who had just invented a salad, and thus ended the Battle of Alesia. To save his people, Vercingetorix surrendered to Caesar. As a reward, Caesar held him prisoner for five years, took him back to Rome, paraded him nekkid at a Triumph, and then had him strangled, after getting jealous of his wedding tackle. On This Day In History in 42 BC, which is after 52 BC , as everything counted backwards back then, just to confuse us all, The First Battle of Philippi raged. The Battle of Philippi was a decisive battle fought between the forces of Mark Anthony and Octavian, and those of Marcus Brutus and Cassius, two of the assassins who assassinated Julius Caesar when he was assassinated by assassins. On This Day In History in 382, the Roman Emperor Theodosius negotiated a peace treaty with the Goths. The miserable ones wan...