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January 24

Praetorian Guard Murders Caligula: The Senate Picks a Stutterer as Replacement

Stabbed repeatedly in a palace corridor, Caligula never saw it coming. His own Praetorian Guards—the elite soldiers meant to protect him—turned executioners after years of brutal, unpredictable tyranny. One moment he was walking, the next a dozen daggers were plunging into his body. And just like that, Rome's most infamous young emperor was gone, bleeding out on the palace floor. The Guards didn't just kill him—they made a political calculation, immediately elevating his uncle Claudius to power. A dynasty turned on a single, violent moment.

January 24, 41

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