Category Archives: 5th Century

Historical Facts from 0401 to 0500 CE

March 17, 461

On March 17, 461, St. Patrick died in Saul, UK. St. Patrick was famous for driving the snakes out of Ireland, which was amazing, as Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. After his death, his fellow religious brothers found missives from Australia, South Africa and Snake Island, Brazil. Each of the letters were … Continue reading

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March 15, 493 AD

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 493 AD Theodoric the Great, leader of the Ostrogoths was attending a banquet that he and Odoacer the first King of Italy had organized to celebrate the peace treaty they had signed signaling an end to warfare and their peaceful mutual rule over Italy. At the beginning of the … Continue reading

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January 1, 404 AD

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 404 AD, the last gladiator competition was held in Rome. As the gladiators became more and more expensive to train and maintain, the lanistas refused to allow their money-makers to be put to death during the fights and started requiring the fights to be used with blunted weapons. The … Continue reading

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