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The Assassination of the Emperor Caligula, by Lazzaro Baldi, between 1624 and 1703. On 24 January 41, [223] the day before his due departure for Alexandria, Caligula was assassinated by the Praetorian tribunes Cassius Chaerea and Cornelius Sabinus, and a number of centurions. Josephus names many of Caligula's inner circle as conspirators, and ...
As-Saffah is proclaimed as the first Abbasid caliph, from Balami's Tarikhnama. 41, Rome: Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers, though the conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted.
Caligula: Roman Empire: Roman emperor: Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard and the Roman Senate in favor of his uncle Claudius and attempted abolition of the Principate: 68 Nero: Outlawed and killed during rebellion by Gaius Julius Vindex: 69 Galba: Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Four Emperors: 69 Otho
Suetonius describes several omens that predicted the assassination of Caligula. He mentions a bolt of lightning that struck Rome on the ides of March, which was when Julius Caesar was assassinated. Lightning was an event of immense superstition in the ancient world. The day of the assassination, Caligula sacrificed a flamingo. During the ...
Ptolemy of Mauretania, king of Mauretania and a Roman client, was murdered on Caligula's orders during a state visit to Rome. His slave Aedemon rose in revolt against Roman rule. AD 41: The general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was appointed to suppress the rebellion in Mauretania. 24 January: Caligula was assassinated by the centurion Cassius Chaerea.
After Caligula's death, the Senate attempted and failed to restore the Republic. Claudius, Caligula's paternal uncle, became emperor by the instigation of the Praetorian Guards. [11] Despite his lack of political experience, and the disapproval of the people of Rome, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.
The killing takes the number of assassinated candidates in the 2024 elec. Mexico's election is now the bloodiest in its modern history after a candidate running for local office in central Puebla ...
I, Claudius is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934.Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41.