Philip the Arab: Rome's Millennium Celebration (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

Philip the Arab: Rome's Millennium Celebration (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

From A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones

April 27, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

This episode covers significant historical events including Philip the Arab's celebration of Rome's millennium and various other notable occurrences on this day.

A Daily Dose of History (27 Apr 2026) Today's historical events: Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi seaculares. Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity. Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus). First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar. Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu. Official founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar. Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amalia Dupray, Montgomery Jones

Topics covered

  • Roman history
  • Islamic conquest
  • Scottish independence
  • Spanish colonization
  • Literature
  • Religious history

Keywords

  • Philip the Arab
  • Aelia Eudoxia
  • Islamic conquest
  • Scottish independence
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Paradise Lost
  • Venice
  • Bogotá
  • Cebu

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Paradise Lost

Places: Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Venice, Philippines, Bogotá, New Granada, Cebu, Belgrade, Vračar plateau

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