Nero's Marriage to Octavia: A Political Move Gone Wrong (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
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This episode discusses Nero's marriage to Octavia and various significant historical events that occurred on this day.
A Daily Dose of History (09 Jun 2026) Today's historical events: The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. Nero commits suicide, after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples. Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River. Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia. The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Irish…
People in this episode
Hosts: Amalia Dupray, Montgomery Jones
Topics covered
- Roman history
- political marriages
- civil wars
- art history
- military battles
- colonial history
- religious conflicts
Keywords
- Nero
- Claudia Octavia
- Abbasid Revolution
- Battle of Toulouse
- Jacques Cartier
- Irish Rebellion
- Congress of Vienna
- Duccio's Maestà
- Royal Navy
- James Oglethorpe
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Royal Navy
Books & works: Duccio's Maestà
Places: Siena Cathedral, Iowa City, Rhode Island
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