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Murdered Roman emperors
- GallienusPublius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus entered the world around 218 AD, born into a wealthy senatorial family in Falerii, an ancient city in Etruria.
- Julius NeposJulius Nepos was born in the Roman province of Dalmatia, a region that sat between the Western and Eastern halves of the empire.
- 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.
- ClaudiusOn the 1st of August 10 BC, a boy named Tiberius Claudius D. f. Ti. n. Drusus was born in Lugdunum, modern-day Lyon, France.
- 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…
- Maximinus ThraxGaius Julius Verus Maximinus Thrax emerged from the provinces of Moesia, a region along the Danube River. Ancient sources offer conflicting accounts of his…
- GalbaServius Sulpicius Galba arrived in the world near Terracina on the 24th of December 3 BC. He emerged from a wealthy family that held no blood ties to the…
- AurelianAurelian entered the Roman army in 235, a year that marked the beginning of his ascent from modest circumstances. Most historians agree he was born on the…
- MaxentiusMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius entered the world in 283 as the son of Emperor Maximian and his Syrian wife Eutropia.
- Severus AlexanderOn the 13th of March 222, the Roman army hailed a thirteen-year-old boy as emperor. This young man was Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, grandson of Julia…