Every Roman Emperor And How They Died

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Good fun!

To accompany that, here's a link with a pie chart and a truly awesome Death Map of the Roman Emperors (large version at the end).

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/veni-vidi-gone-a-death-map-of-roman-emperors

 

I'll watch this after the Super Bowl. Or tomorrow. Don't worry.

 

Ok, I'll try not to worry.

 

Great video, I knew how the early emperors died so interested to see how the rest went.

 

Good video John Anthony. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

i watched that the other day, always a good watch

 

Missing 1000 years of Roman emperors...

 

That background music was heartwarmingly cheerful.

 

Gotta feel sorry for Vespasian though. What a crappy way to die.

 

Great vid!! Thanks. That was the most fun I ever had learning history.

 

Thanks John. Lots of gangrene, edema, and something horrific in the case of galerius. Wow I guess we are lucky having modern medicine!

 

Wow, beware the Praetorian Guard, I say.
And your own troops! Sheesh!

 

Always blows my mind to think Carus died by being struck by lightening! (To answer my own question, about 1in 700,000).

 

Surely it was by the will of Jove!

 

Golfer Lee Trevino was hit by lightning on the golf course twice! He says the only lingering after effect is that other golfers move away from him if so much as a cloud shows up in the sky.

 

He could certainly have done something to increase his chances. Being at the top of a building in metal armor comes to mind...

 

<note to self>

<when choosing members for my own Praetorian Guard, make sure to treat them right>

 

<note to self>

<and you know what? Just don't become emperor>

 

Yeah, the job security sucks in the 3rd century in particular, grandeur for a few minutes, then a sad demise. FIDES MILITVM and CONCORDIA MILITVM don't seem to work out very well for these guys!

 

And what's this thing about a body swelling itself to death? Can that really happen? Did the lifestyle of an Emperor make him susceptible to such an affliction? Pop goes the weasel? No, pop goes the Emperor!!