TOP TEN PRAETORIAN ASSASSINATIONS

  • Between 27 BCE and 476 CE, there were 77 Western Roman Emperors, of which 25 died of natural causes, 29 were executed, 10 were assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, 6 committed suicide, 5 died in battle, 1 was drowned and 1 died in captivity.

Emperors assassinated by the Praetorian Guard

  1. Tiberius d.37 CE
  2. Caligula d.41 CE
  3. Galba d.69 CE
  4. Domitian d.96 CE
    • Although he was assassinated by his Palace advisers and Freedmen, the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard was aware and probably directly involved.
  5. Commodus d.192 CE
  6. Pertinax d.193 CE
  7. Caracalla d.217 CE
  8. Elagabalus d.222 CE
  9. Gallienus d.268 CE
    • Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in a conspiracy involving Aurelius Heraclianus, Prefect of the Praetorian Guard.
  10. Aurelian d.275 CE
  11. Probus d.282 CE
  12. Numerian d.284 CE
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