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Kingbreakers: The Praetorian Guard

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Assassination of the Emperor

Cassius corea was not one to be caught monologuing. He raises his sword and whips it down into caligula's shoulder. The blade is so sharp, it cleaves the emperor all the way down to his breast bone. Caligula sputters out his last words, a single phrase of surprise,. i'm still alive, even with half his chest hacked open. At this point, the other pretorians start chopping at caligula’s body with their swords. All in all, the emperor was struck about 30 times at an average of ten strikes per man and three seconds per strike. When they finally stop hacking at the dead emperor, cas carea

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