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  Cassius (gens) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gens Cassia, nomen Cassius, was one of the oldest families of ancient Rome.
The road Via Cassia that went to Arretium was built by the family.
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 FictionPress.Com Story : Tyrants Death From Aged Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cassius Chaera is a brave, courageous, noble, dedicated man who keeps his head in its place for the most part.
Cassius is the only officer who does not take his own head because they are losing in battle.
Cassius is the aged horse that the Sybil predicted would kill "the Hairy fourth." This makes Claudius become emperor "The Hairy Fifth," even though he doesn't want to be.
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 Nero - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The writings of Josephus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius report ontheir reputed sexual relationship with their brother, considered typical by Egyptian and incest by Roman standards.
On January 24, 41 Caligula,his wife Caesonia Milonia,and their infant daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered by a conspiracyunder Cassius Chaera.
XV;Suetonius, Nero XXXVIII; Dio Cassius, R.H. Over the years, this turned to a legend that Nero had fiddled as Rome burned, an impossible act as the fiddle had not yet been invented.
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 Nero
The writings of Josephus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius report on their reputed sexual relationship with their brother, considered typical by Egyptian and incest by Roman standard.
On January 24, 41 Caligula, his wife Caesonia Milonia, and their infant daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered by a conspiracy under Cassius Chaera.
XV; Suetonius, Nero XXXVIII; Dio Cassius, R.H. Over the years, this turned to a legend that Nero had fiddled as Rome burned, an impossible act as the fiddle had not yet been invented.
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 Nero - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The writings of Josephus, Suetonius, and Dio Cassius report on their reputed sexual relationship with their brother.
On January 24, 41 Caligula, his wife Caesonia, and their infant daughter Julia Drusilla were murdered by a conspiracy under Cassius Chaera.
The same accounts depict him opening his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless and arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors.
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 Cassius Chaerea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After the death of Tiberius and the execution of Macro, Caligula made him Prefect (commander) of the Praetorian Guard.
Disturbed by the increasingly-disturbed emperor, and angered at his mocking of his voice, Chaera plotted with several senators to assassinate Caligula, and on January 24, 41, they did just that, killing the emperor, his wife, and their infant daughter.
Shortly afterwards, he was sentenced to death by the new emperor, Claudius.
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 Nero
Drusilla's sudden death in 38 would apparently only serve to ensure this belief: she was reportedly Caligula's favorite, and was consequently buried with the honors of an Augusta.
Roman historians report nights of drunken revelry and violence while more mundane matters of politics were neglected.
Among his new favorites was two versions: xiii.45-46; and Dio Cassius lxi.11.2-4).
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Gossip of Nero, Otho, and Poppaea each forming parts of a love triangle can be found in numerous sources (Plutarch Galba 19.2–20.2; Suetonius Otho iii.1-2; Tacitus two versions: Histories 1.13.3-4; Annals xiii.45-46; and Dio Cassius lxi.11.2-4).
xv; Suetonius, Nero xxxvii; Dio Cassius, R.H. lxii.) In recent years, this turned to a legend that Nero had fiddled as Rome burned; although impossible as the fiddle had not yet been invented, at the time the word meant 'squandered' and thus can be interpreted as 'Nero squandered his time as Rome burned'.
These and other accounts also depict him as not being in the city at the time (instead he was vacationing in his native Antium), rushing back on hearing news of the fire, and then organizing a relief effort.
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 Quintilia: One Brave Woman
She was subjected to horrifying tortures that left her beauty ruined and body broken, but she revealed nothing of the conspiracy.
She even had the presence of mind to exchange a secret signal with Cassius Chaera -- The Praetorian Prefect -- who was in charge of the interrogation, that was meant to reassure him that the secrets of the plot were safe with her.
Caligula was so moved by her courage and shattered beauty that he gave her money by way of compensation, put at 800,000 sesterces by Suetonius.
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