• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    When the insane Emperor Caligula was killed by his Praetorian guards and they installed Claudius in his place, the first thing the new Emperor did was execute the guards involved in the assassination.

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      23 hours ago

      Even if everyone agreed with them at the time, it was unavoidable at the time. You couldn’t have soldiers kill their emperor.

    • Devmapall@lemm.ee
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      21 hours ago

      Can’t be having those guards kill the new emperor. Makes sense

      I wonder if the guards expected it or not