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    3 months ago

    Says a lot about palace intrigue that dying of old age is considered a “weird death”.

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      3 months ago

      Best part is, old age isn’t even certain - there were assassination rumors swirling around Augustus’s death too. Never a dull moment as the most powerful autocrat in the Classical world!