On this day in History - Sep. 2

Published: September 1, 2007, 10:21 pm

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490 BC - After the Battle of Marathon, where the Greeks defeated the invading Persians, Pheidippides, who had already run 140 miles in 2 days and nights, ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to carry the news of the victory. His last words before he collapsed and died, "Rejoice, we are victorious." 490 BC - Pheidippides dies. Greek hero 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 44 BC - The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months. 31 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. / Oct vio, um dos membros do triunvirato que governava Roma, derrotou as for as navais de Marco Ant nio e de Cle patra, rainha do Egipto, na Batalha de Actium, ao largo da costa do piro na parte ocidental da Gr cia. 0421 - Constantius III dies. Roman Emperor .1031 - Saint Emeric of

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