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Assassinated heads of state in Europe

  • Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar entered the world on 12 or the 13th of July 100 BC into a family claiming ancient divine lineage. His clan traced its roots to Julus, son…
  • CaracallaLucius Septimius Bassianus entered the world on the 4th of April 188 in the city of Lugdunum, Gaul. This location is now known as Lyon, France.
  • DomitianDomitian entered the world on the 24th of October 51 in Rome. He was the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus and Flavia Domitilla Major.
  • CaligulaGaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born on the 31st of August in AD 12 at Antium. He was only four or five years old when he accompanied his father…
  • CommodusOn the 31st of August AD 161, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus drew his first breath in Lanuvium, a town nestled near Rome.
  • Alexander II of RussiaOn the 13th of March 1881, a bomb exploded on the Catherine Canal in Saint Petersburg. The blast shattered the legs of Emperor Alexander II and tore open his…
  • ElagabalusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus arrived in the world between 203 and 204 as Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus. His parents were Sextus Varius Marcellus and Julia…