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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
-Most likely naturally -Only a few days into his 86 BC consulship -Replaced by Flaccus
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Jugurtha
-Strangled to death in the Mamertine Prison
27
Saturninus
-Roof tiles thrown at him
28
Sulla
-Naturally
29
M. Livius Drusus
-Assassinated -Led to the Social War
30
Mithridates VI
-Suicide -63 BC
31
Crassus
-Molten gold poured down his throat -Battle of Carrhae (53 BC)
32
Pompey
-Killed in Alexandria -After the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)
33
Julius Caesar
-March 15, 44 BC -Cassius and M. Junius Brutus
34
Vercingetorix
-Tullianum -Beheaded/strangled
35
Cato the Younger
-Killed himself in Utica -After hearing about the loss at Thapsus (46 BC)
36
Titus Labienus
-Battle of Munda (45 BC)
37
Pansa
-Died from injuries at Forum Gallorum before Mutina
38
Hirtius
-Dies at Mutina (43 BC)
39
Decimus Brutus
-Executed by one of Antony's men after Mutina
40
Augustus
-Died in Nola (in Italy) -Naturally Heirs: -Marcellus -Agrippa -Gaius + Lucius Caesar -Agrippa Postumus -Drusus I -Tiberius
41
Quinctilius Varus
-Kills himself after Teutoburg Forest
42
Drusus I
-Fell off horse and died
43
Agrippa Postumus
-Killed shortly into Tiberius's reign
44
Germanicus
-Possibly killed by Tiberius -Possibly killed by Cn. Calpurnius Piso
45
Tiberius Gamellus
-Killed by Caligula -Didn't want to co-rule
46
Caligula
-Killed by Cassius Chaerea -Member of the Praetorian Guard
47
Claudius
-Poisoned by wife Agrippina the Younger -Poison mushrooms from Locusta
48
Agrippina the Younger
-Poisoned by her son, Nero -Poison from Locusta
49
Pompeia
-Killed by Nero -Kicked in the stomach (baby also died)
50
Seneca the Younger
-Forced by Nero to commit suicide -Accused to be part of the Pisonian Conspiracy
51
Domitius Corbulo
-Forced by Nero to commit suicide
52
Nero
-Commits suicide in 68 AD
53
Boudicca
-Illness or suicide by poison
54
Galba
-Killed by Praetorian Guard
55
Clodius Macer
-Galba has him killed -Cut off grain supply
56
Otho
-Suicide at First Battle of Bedriacum
57
Vespasian
-Natural -Said “Vae, puto deus fio!” before his death (Alas! I think I’m becoming a god) -79 AD
58
Titus
-Died of a plague -81 AD
59
Domitian
-Stephanus (slave) kills him, with the help of Domitia (wife) -96 AD -Damnatio Memoriae
60
Nerva
-Natural -98 Ad
61
Trajan
-Died on the way back to Rome after fighting the Parthians -117 AD
62
Antinous
-Drowned in the Nile -Cult made around him -Antinoopolis
63
Hadrian
-Natural -Antoninus Pius had him deified -138 AD
64
Antoninus Pius
-Natural -161 AD
65
Lucius Verus
-Likely the Antonine Plague -169 AD
66
Marcus Aurelius
-Possibly the Antonine Plague -While on the Marcommanic campaigns -Last words were “Go to the rising sun; I am already setting.” -180 AD
67
Commodus
-Strangled by Narcissus (wrestling partner) -Marcia (mistress) had failed to poison him -Dec. 31, 192 AD
68
Pertinax
-Killed by Praetorian Guard, led by Laetus -193 AD
69
Didius Julianus
-Killed by Praetorian Guard -193 AD
70
Pescennius Niger
-Beheaded after Issus -194 AD
71
Clodius Albinus
-Killed after Lugdunum -197 AD
72
Septimius Severus
-Natural -Died at Eboracum -211 AD
73
Geta
-Killed by Caracalla -Damnatio Memoriae -212 AD
74
Caracalla
-Killed in Carrhae when urinating on the side of the road -Orchestrated by Macrinus -217 AD
75
Macrinus
-Executed after the Battle of Antioch -Orchestrated by Julia Maesa -218 AD
76
Diadumenianus
-Killed with father after Antioch -218 AD
77
Elagabalus
-Killed when hiding in a latrine -Orchestrated by Julia Maesa -Body then thrown in the Tiber -222 AD
78
Severus Alexander
-Killed by Maximinus Thrax -235 AD
79
Ulpian
-Killed by Praetorian Guard in front of Severus Alexander
80
Maximinus Thrax
-Killed by his own soldiers -238 AD
81
Gordian I
-Grief and suicide when his son died -238 AD
82
Gordian II
-Killed in battle -238 AD
83
Pupienus and Balbinus
-Killed by Praetorian Guard -238 AD
84
Gordian III
-Died in battle -244 AD
85
Philip the Arab
-Killed by Decius -Battle of Verona -249 AD
86
Decius
-Killed at the Battle of Abrittus -Battle was against Cniva and the Goths -251 AD
87
Trebonius Gallus
-Killed by his own troops (in favor of Aurelius Aemilianus) -253 AD
88
Aurelius Aemilianus
-Killed by his own troops (in favor of Valerian) -253 AD
89
Valerian
-Died in captivity of Shapur I -260 AD
90
Gallienus
-Killed by own troops -268 AD
91
Claudius Gothicus
-Died of the plague -Knew this would be his fate from the Sibyline books -270 AD
92
Aurelian
-Killed by Praetorian Guard -275 AD
93
Tacitus
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
Probus
-Killed by his own soldiers -Worked them too hard -282 AD
95
Carus
-Maybe natural -Maybe lightning -Maybe Aper
96
Numerian
-Assassination planned by Aper
97
Carinus
-Died at the Battle of Margus River
98
Carausius
-Killed by Electus
99
Diocletian
-Natural -Died in Salona (Split)
100
Constantine
-Natural -Baptized on deathbed
101
Julian the Apostate
-Killed by a spear at the Battle of Ctesiphon -Fighting Shapur II and the Sesanids
102
Jovian
Mysterious/unknown death
103
Valentinian I
-Died giving an angry speech/negotiations with Quadi
104
Valens
Died in the Battle of Adrianople (378 AD) by Fritigern of the Ostrogoths
105
Gratian
-Killed after fighting Magnus Maximus
106
Theodosius
-Died in Milan (Mediolanum) -395 AD
107
Stilicho
-Honorius has him killed in 408 AD
108
Aetius
-Killed by Valentinian III -Convinced to do this by Petronius Maximus
109
Valentinian III
-Murdered by Petronius Maximus
110
Petronius Maximus
-Killed by a Roman mob outside the city for trying to abandon when the Vandals sacked Rome

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