02-03-2011, 08:41 PM
January 24, 3 BC: Birth of the later Emperor Galba (d. 69)
January 24, 41 AD: Death of the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), commonly known as Caligula and sometimes Gaius. He is assassinated after being Emperor from 3 by his disgruntled Praetorian Guard led by Cassius Chaerea in the cryptoporticus (underground corridor). Caligula's loyal Germanic guard were too late and responded with a rampaging attack on the assassins, conspirators, innocent senators and bystanders. When the military refused to acknowledge the Senate’s attempt to restore the Republic, the assassins also killed Caligula's wife, Caesonia, and killed their young daughter, Julia Drusilla. Caligula's uncle Claudius, fleeing from the murder of the Imperial family, was apparently found hiding behind a curtain by a Praetorian named Gratus, who declared him princeps, after which he was spirited out of the city to a nearby Praetorian camp. Claudius succeeded his nephew and pardoned nearly all assassins.
According to Suetonius, Caligula's death was similar to that of Julius Caesar. He states that both the elder Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) and the younger Gaius Julius Caesar (Caligula) were stabbed 30 times by conspirators led by a man named Cassius (Cassius Longinus and Cassius Chaerea). His body was placed under turf until it was burned and entombed by his sisters. He was buried within the Mausoleum of Augustus; in 410 during the Sack of Rome the tomb's ashes were scattered.
January 24, 76 AD: Birth of the later Emperor Hadrian (d. 138).
January 24, 41 AD: Death of the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), commonly known as Caligula and sometimes Gaius. He is assassinated after being Emperor from 3 by his disgruntled Praetorian Guard led by Cassius Chaerea in the cryptoporticus (underground corridor). Caligula's loyal Germanic guard were too late and responded with a rampaging attack on the assassins, conspirators, innocent senators and bystanders. When the military refused to acknowledge the Senate’s attempt to restore the Republic, the assassins also killed Caligula's wife, Caesonia, and killed their young daughter, Julia Drusilla. Caligula's uncle Claudius, fleeing from the murder of the Imperial family, was apparently found hiding behind a curtain by a Praetorian named Gratus, who declared him princeps, after which he was spirited out of the city to a nearby Praetorian camp. Claudius succeeded his nephew and pardoned nearly all assassins.
According to Suetonius, Caligula's death was similar to that of Julius Caesar. He states that both the elder Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) and the younger Gaius Julius Caesar (Caligula) were stabbed 30 times by conspirators led by a man named Cassius (Cassius Longinus and Cassius Chaerea). His body was placed under turf until it was burned and entombed by his sisters. He was buried within the Mausoleum of Augustus; in 410 during the Sack of Rome the tomb's ashes were scattered.
January 24, 76 AD: Birth of the later Emperor Hadrian (d. 138).
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
