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Romulus

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-Swept up into a storm
-Near Lapis Niger
-Spoke to Julius Proculus in a vision

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Numa Pompilius

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Natural

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Tullus Hostilius

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-Struck by lighting
-Had performed the rights to Jupiter Elicius wrong

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Ancus Marcius

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Natural

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Tarquinius Priscus

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-Axe to the head
-Done by the sons of Ancus Marcius
-The sons went into exile to Suessa Pometia after

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Servius Tullius

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-Run over by a chariot by his daughter Tullia Minor
-On the Via Scelerata

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Tarquinius Superbus

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-Natural
-In Cumae

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Mettius Fufetius

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-Tied between two chariots and pulled apart
-Because his loyalties were “split between two cities”

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Arruns

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-Killed by Lucius Junius Brutus
-Battle of Silva Arsia in 509 BC

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Lucius Junius Brutus

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-Killed by Arruns
-Battle of Silva Arsia in 509 BC

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Octavius Mamilius

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-Killed by Titus Herminius
-Battle of Lake Regillus (496 BC)

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Coriolanus

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-Killed by Volsci after returning

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Virginia

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-Stabbed by her father Virginius
-Kept her pure

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Marcus Manlius Capitolinus

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-Thrown off Tarpeian Rock
-People said he was trying to become a king

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Publius Decius Mus (OG)

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-Commits devotio
-Battle of Mt Vesuvius (340 BC)

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Publius Decius Mus (Jr.)

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-Commits devotio
-Battle of Sentinum (295 BC)

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Pyrhhus

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-Rooftile thrown my mother of enemy soldier
-Battle of Argos (272 BC)

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Regulus

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-Put in a barrel with spikes and rolled down a hill
-After being defeated by Xanthippus

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C. Flaminius

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-Killed at Lake Trasimene (217 BC)

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Paullus

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-Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
-Varro lived

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Archimedes

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-Siege of Syracus (213-212 BC)

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Hasdrubal Barca

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-Battle of Metaurus River (207 BC)
-Head thrown in Hannibal’s camp

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Tiberius Gracchus

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-Killed with 300 followers
-Mob led by Scipio Nasica

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Gaius Gracchus

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-Killed with 3000 followers
-Mob led by L. Opimius

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Marius

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-Most likely naturally
-Only a few days into his 86 BC consulship
-Replaced by Flaccus

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Jugurtha

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-Strangled to death in the Mamertine Prison

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Saturninus

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-Roof tiles thrown at him

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28
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Sulla

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-Naturally

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M. Livius Drusus

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-Assassinated
-Led to the Social War

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Mithridates VI

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-Suicide
-63 BC

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31
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Crassus

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-Molten gold poured down his throat
-Battle of Carrhae (53 BC)

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Pompey

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-Killed in Alexandria
-After the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)

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Julius Caesar

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-March 15, 44 BC
-Cassius and M. Junius Brutus

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Vercingetorix

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-Tullianum
-Beheaded/strangled

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Cato the Younger

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-Killed himself in Utica
-After hearing about the loss at Thapsus (46 BC)

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36
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Titus Labienus

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-Battle of Munda (45 BC)

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37
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Pansa

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-Died from injuries at Forum Gallorum before Mutina

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38
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Hirtius

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-Dies at Mutina (43 BC)

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39
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Decimus Brutus

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-Executed by one of Antony’s men after Mutina

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40
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Augustus

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-Died in Nola (in Italy)
-Naturally

Heirs:
-Marcellus
-Agrippa
-Gaius + Lucius Caesar
-Agrippa Postumus
-Drusus I
-Tiberius

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Quinctilius Varus

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-Kills himself after Teutoburg Forest

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42
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Drusus I

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-Fell off horse and died

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43
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Agrippa Postumus

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-Killed shortly into Tiberius’s reign

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44
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Germanicus

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-Possibly killed by Tiberius
-Possibly killed by Cn. Calpurnius Piso

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Tiberius Gamellus

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-Killed by Caligula
-Didn’t want to co-rule

46
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Caligula

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-Killed by Cassius Chaerea
-Member of the Praetorian Guard

47
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Claudius

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-Poisoned by wife Agrippina the Younger
-Poison mushrooms from Locusta

48
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Agrippina the Younger

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-Poisoned by her son, Nero
-Poison from Locusta

49
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Pompeia

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-Killed by Nero
-Kicked in the stomach (baby also died)

50
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Seneca the Younger

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-Forced by Nero to commit suicide
-Accused to be part of the Pisonian Conspiracy

51
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Domitius Corbulo

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-Forced by Nero to commit suicide

52
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Nero

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-Commits suicide in 68 AD

53
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Boudicca

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-Illness or suicide by poison

54
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Galba

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard

55
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Clodius Macer

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-Galba has him killed
-Cut off grain supply

56
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Otho

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-Suicide at First Battle of Bedriacum

57
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Vespasian

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-Natural
-Said “Vae, puto deus fio!” before his death (Alas! I think I’m becoming a god)
-79 AD

58
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Titus

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-Died of a plague
-81 AD

59
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Domitian

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-Stephanus (slave) kills him, with the help of Domitia (wife)
-96 AD
-Damnatio Memoriae

60
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Nerva

A

-Natural
-98 Ad

61
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Trajan

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-Died on the way back to Rome after fighting the Parthians
-117 AD

62
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Antinous

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-Drowned in the Nile
-Cult made around him
-Antinoopolis

63
Q

Hadrian

A

-Natural
-Antoninus Pius had him deified
-138 AD

64
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Antoninus Pius

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-Natural
-161 AD

65
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Lucius Verus

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-Likely the Antonine Plague
-169 AD

66
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Marcus Aurelius

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-Possibly the Antonine Plague
-While on the Marcommanic campaigns
-Last words were “Go to the rising sun; I am already setting.”
-180 AD

67
Q

Commodus

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-Strangled by Narcissus (wrestling partner)
-Marcia (mistress) had failed to poison him
-Dec. 31, 192 AD

68
Q

Pertinax

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard, led by Laetus
-193 AD

69
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Didius Julianus

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard
-193 AD

70
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Pescennius Niger

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-Beheaded after Issus
-194 AD

71
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Clodius Albinus

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-Killed after Lugdunum
-197 AD

72
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Septimius Severus

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-Natural
-Died at Eboracum
-211 AD

73
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Geta

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-Killed by Caracalla
-Damnatio Memoriae
-212 AD

74
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Caracalla

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-Killed in Carrhae when urinating on the side of the road
-Orchestrated by Macrinus
-217 AD

75
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Macrinus

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-Executed after the Battle of Antioch
-Orchestrated by Julia Maesa
-218 AD

76
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Diadumenianus

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-Killed with father after Antioch
-218 AD

77
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Elagabalus

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-Killed when hiding in a latrine
-Orchestrated by Julia Maesa
-Body then thrown in the Tiber
-222 AD

78
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Severus Alexander

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-Killed by Maximinus Thrax
-235 AD

79
Q

Ulpian

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard in front of Severus Alexander

80
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Maximinus Thrax

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-Killed by his own soldiers
-238 AD

81
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Gordian I

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-Grief and suicide when his son died
-238 AD

82
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Gordian II

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-Killed in battle
-238 AD

83
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Pupienus and Balbinus

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard
-238 AD

84
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Gordian III

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-Died in battle
-244 AD

85
Q

Philip the Arab

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-Killed by Decius
-Battle of Verona
-249 AD

86
Q

Decius

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-Killed at the Battle of Abrittus
-Battle was against Cniva and the Goths
-251 AD

87
Q

Trebonius Gallus

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-Killed by his own troops (in favor of Aurelius Aemilianus)
-253 AD

88
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Aurelius Aemilianus

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-Killed by his own troops (in favor of Valerian)
-253 AD

89
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Valerian

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-Died in captivity of Shapur I
-260 AD

90
Q

Gallienus

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-Killed by own troops
-268 AD

91
Q

Claudius Gothicus

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-Died of the plague
-Knew this would be his fate from the Sibyline books
-270 AD

92
Q

Aurelian

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-Killed by Praetorian Guard
-275 AD

93
Q

Tacitus

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Killed by his own soldiers

Two people wanted the throne after his death:
-Probus (magister equitum)
-Florianus (Praetorian Prefect)
-Florianus was killed by his own men and Probus became emperor
-276 AD

94
Q

Probus

A

-Killed by his own soldiers
-Worked them too hard
-282 AD

95
Q

Carus

A

-Maybe natural
-Maybe lightning
-Maybe Aper

96
Q

Numerian

A

-Assassination planned by Aper

97
Q

Carinus

A

-Died at the Battle of Margus River

98
Q

Carausius

A

-Killed by Electus

99
Q

Diocletian

A

-Natural
-Died in Salona (Split)

100
Q

Constantine

A

-Natural
-Baptized on deathbed

101
Q

Julian the Apostate

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-Killed by a spear at the Battle of Ctesiphon
-Fighting Shapur II and the Sesanids

102
Q

Jovian

A

Mysterious/unknown death

103
Q

Valentinian I

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-Died giving an angry speech/negotiations with Quadi

104
Q

Valens

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Died in the Battle of Adrianople (378 AD) by Fritigern of the Ostrogoths

105
Q

Gratian

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-Killed after fighting Magnus Maximus

106
Q

Theodosius

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-Died in Milan (Mediolanum)
-395 AD

107
Q

Stilicho

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-Honorius has him killed in 408 AD

108
Q

Aetius

A

-Killed by Valentinian III
-Convinced to do this by Petronius Maximus

109
Q

Valentinian III

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-Murdered by Petronius Maximus

110
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Petronius Maximus

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-Killed by a Roman mob outside the city for trying to abandon when the Vandals sacked Rome

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