10 Funny Roman Emperor Deaths

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Vespasian : - creates an urine tax - dies of diarrhea I'll assume the Gods really didn't like that tax

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

oh Duke of Lorraine i see your here too

[@090giver090]

Or they loved it so much they offer Vespesian his godhood early )

[@joaoarturdasilvapiteira9239]

But did the gold smell tho

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@joaoarturdasilvapiteira9239 the gold from taxes, probably not more than usually. But any gold in the room where Vespasian died, probably. Like the rest of the room.

[@joaoarturdasilvapiteira9239]

@@Duke_of_Lorraine 🤣

[@thedemonhater7748]

I feel like Valentinian’s death is the polar opposite of the “man literally to angry to die” joke

[@kseniyazarubina5484]

Man literally too angry to live.

[@yugoslav8755]

Man so angry he died

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

Man so angry that God put him in permanent time out.

[@hououinkyouma3864]

I mean, no guy hated barbarians so fucking much it carried him through countless battles until that anger was the only thing that could kill him. What an epic gamer

[@iwantmydinner2076]

“Civil wars were a thing in the history of Rome” “Living things need air to breathe”

[@spectrum1140]

It's right up there with "people die if they are killed".

[@mateuszchoda5560]

@@spectrum1140 "something something Archer class, something something archers"

[@christiandauz3742]

Wish I can go back in time to Industrialized Ancient Sumeria

[@cristi37]

@@spectrum1140 “One day feels a lot like Twenty four hours”.

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

I'm actually realizing that genuine civil wars are much fewer and far between, assuming we define a civil war as two or more leaders with their own defined territories vying for power, or as a succession crisis. There's like, maybe 12, which is more than healthy, but fewer than one might imagine (and to be fair, five of those happened before the Empire was even established all in the 1st Century BC). Rebellions, usurpations, and secessions, however, are much more numerous.

[@septimiusseverus343]

Valentinian's temper literally got the better of him. Turned a shade of purple to match his imperial robe.

[@kseniyazarubina5484]

Albinus would have been a better ruler.

[@donnytrumptastic7815]

Ave severus!

[@septimiusseverus343]

@@kseniyazarubina5484 _Oh yes, and he certainly would have kept his promise and restored the sanctified republic...keep dreaming pleb, he's just a mere footnote._

[@causantinthescot]

Ave! Ignore the Senate!

[@alexhe926]

Imagine what the envoys were thinking at the time

[@Darkblender5]

I like to think that the one thing Titus regretted was that he was dying.

[@redjirachi1]

Jupiter: Have to ask; why did you regret dying? It's unavoidable; no sense being upset about it Titus: I just realized I left the hearth on and I'm not going to live long enough to order it turned off.

[@cv4809]

I always assumed he regretted not finishing the "job"

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Sometimes I wonder if eventually the Praetorian Guard didn't even know why they were deposing Emperors, it was just what they did every couple of months.

[@feastguy101]

Probably for the customary “new Emperor” bonus they got. Best way to settle gambling debts!

[@justinleecw]

MUST BETRAY

[@debrickashaw9387]

It was in their job description at that point lol

[@moistteeth7179]

now I'm just thinking of a remake of The Emperor's New Groove except Ymza and Gronk are the heads of the Praetorian guard and Kuzco is like Elagabalus

[@deeznoots6241]

@@feastguy101 best invention ever, either they give you the gold and thus reward you for killing emperors, or they don’t give you the gold and you immediately kill them and ask the next guy for the gold

[@FlymanMS]

3:55 >barges in >says he made one mistake >refuses to elaborate >dies

[@luanasari5161]

chad titus

[@justinianthegreatandnerd6377]

based

[@sars910]

Absolute Gigachad

[@JustinCage56]

I would kill a man just to have a full transcript of Emperor Valentinian's shouting match he had with those envoys.

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

Probably a mix of the Downfall scene with angry austrian painter and the death of Billy Bones in Treasure Island

[@jesuschrist9513]

Imagine the Downfall scene followed immediately by the scene in Death of Stalin where he has a stroke

[@Kruppt808]

Billlllly Bones, I knows it's youuuuuuuu, you thought you could keep it allllll for yourself Blind Peeeeew

[@Queen_Miku]

Bet it was some cod lobby type shit but in latin

[@justinian-the-great]

Shame that you didn't included the Eastern Roman emperors. Dying from accidentally being dragged by a dear for 16 miles is the most based death technique! Truly Basil I was a chad!

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

Dying from polo exhaustion his son Alexander III the-not-so-great

[@geordiejones5618]

Honestly a terrifying way to die. Didn't his soldiers find him still clinging to life?

[@justinian-the-great]

@@geordiejones5618 Yeah and that is the ironic thing. When one of Basil's soldiers found him, he was still alive. So that soldier pulled the knife to cut the ropes by which Basil was dragged and that were entangled in deer's antlers. But after Basil was released he ordered that soldier to be executed for allegedly raising a knife against him. Basil himself died shortly after that from a fever from the wounds from this incident.

[@liviuganea4108]

Basil I was assassinated.

[@causantinthescot]

Constantine II's death told that you were rather Lila Rossi rather than a true son of Constantine II: Weak Sauce. Did Constantine II was her recarination because of their uselessness?

[@DamonNomad82]

Even funnier than any of these was the death of Eastern Emperor Constans II Pogonatus in 668. He was taking a bath when one of his servants suddenly decided it was time for a new Emperor, and beat Constans to death with a bucket of soap suds!

[@magdalenusrex346]

I remember he wasn't even a half bad emperor, he did some controversial stuff but was legitimately trying to maintain an empire hit from left field by the Islamic incursions

[@DamonNomad82]

@@magdalenusrex346 I believe the thing that made him less popular than he deserved was that he was an iconoclast, which was a minority belief in the Empire, but practiced by most of the Emperors at the time.

[@magdalenusrex346]

@@DamonNomad82 I think the problem was that he had no stance church matters. He said it was all a bunch of petulant rubbish to debate so vehemently about, preferring that Rome be maintaining a front against the Caliphate was the issue. That's why he moved the capital to Sicily, he perceived it as more far away from Muslims. Iconoclasm was a later thing in the 8th century.

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@magdalenusrex346 which was ironic, considering that when the Arabs reached Carthage they achieved the means to invade Sicily

[@sleepin9713]

Democracy is real

[@rjs6510]

Tiberius last words were “I’m not dead, I’m getting better, I feel fine”

[@themanwiththehamandtheplan9987]

Is that a Monty Python reference?

[@cronoros]

At some point Vespasian must have said "what a shitty way to die"

[@thedemonhater7748]

My ultimate goal in life is to develop high blood pressure, acquire an important political office in my home country, and than in the middle of a heated debate deciding an important treaty or agreement, just drop dead after having a stroke

[@isaaclopez1490]

rage quit IRL speedrun

[@DamonNomad82]

There was a US President who accomplished that goal. John Quincy Adams was President of the US from 1825-1829. Then, after losing the 1828 election to Andrew Jackson, he got elected to the House of Representatives, where he spent the next two decades as the leader of the Whig Party there. In 1848, when the Mexican War ended, the House was voting on whether to honor the US Army officers who had fought in the war. While other representatives were rising to say "Yes" to the measure, Adams, who led the party that opposed the war, jumped up, shouted "NO!" and collapsed from a stroke moments later. Granted, he actually died a couple of days later, but that was just making it official...

[@davidesguario2151]

Valentinian over-the-top death (and all around bizzarre character; he carried two bears wherever he went so he could feed sentenced people to them) should not overshadow his brilliant persona. He was the last emperor to rule over an Empire - half of it at least - which was not clamming up against the barbarian invasions (in fact, he was the last emperor to lead the legions beyond the Rhine and Danube, even building fortresses into germanic territory) and he was the last to actively maintain independence from the Church regarding religious matters and refusing to persecute non-christians on the Church's behalf. A true chad and imperator to the end.

[@magdalenusrex346]

I remember thinking he was a mixed, but overall okay emperor, and his next major successor Theodosius was just a miserable loser

[@davidesguario2151]

@@magdalenusrex346 I did as well once. But if you study the IV century history closely you realize that with Valentinian's death the true roman empire died. Not only he was the last to conduct campaigns over the borders in the West and refused to relinquish powers to the church, he was also the last to actively promote welfare services such as education and healthcare. Theodosius was an ok administrator and did what he could to deal with the Goths, but overall he sanctioned the end of the idea of the emperor as an active leader

[@magdalenusrex346]

If his ruling style continued, the adoption of Christianity by the Roman Empire would have been more natural and less abrupt/forced potentially?

[@magdalenusrex346]

So I am relistening to the history of Rome and going by what I hear for Valentinian, while he certainly wasn't a coward like Theodosius or an outright figurehead like Honorius, his reign sounded like a hilarious trainwreck where everything he tried ended up backfiring and he was basically playing whack-a-mole in horrendous times, with fun adventures with everyone on all sides being idiots, starring Pap. Not saying he was a bad emperor, I respect that he was the last emperor to not use religion as a crutch (Fuck you Theodosius), but his whole reign and everything surrounding it was borderline comical from what I heard in the podcast.

[@davidesguario2151]

@@magdalenusrex346 what do you refer to in particular? Also, regarding your previous questions, it is hard to tel, as always with counterfactuals. The change may indeed have been less abrupt, however aside from initiative by the emperors (not only Theodosius, but also Gratian) the reason behind the total alignment of imperial power with the church and against religious dissidents was motivated by a structural factor, that being the need to rely on a socially respect institution like the church in times when law-enforcement was crumbling.

[@edancore1951]

I'm not gonna lie if they made an anime about the Roman Empire with all the weird deaths and events throughout its long history it would be pretty cool.

[@henrykkeszenowicz4664]

Unbiased history of Rome by Dovahhatty is the closest thing we have. It's even got anime intros.

[@edancore1951]

@@henrykkeszenowicz4664 thanks for sharing, i didnt even knw that

[@donnytrumptastic7815]

Dovahatty is hilarious.

[@GTgaming69]

Tiberius: “im not dead yet! Im getting better!” Praetorian: “no you’re not youll be stone dead in a moment” That has to be the inspiration for that scene from Monty Python

[@Frendlu]

One of my favourites "deaths" was from Didio Julianus. When he was killed (after buying the title of emperor for a nifty price) his last words where: "But what evil have I done? Whom have I killed?" Yep, not an honorauble death, not an respectfull or shameless death, just forgettable, but a reason to learn that sometimes you can live longer and more peacefully without putting youself in danger.

[@riograndedosulball248]

I would like to add Carus to somewhere in this list *"You've been hit by* *You've been struck by* *Lightning"*

[@debrickashaw9387]

Saddest Roman Emperor death: Aurelian

[@gameragodzilla]

I’d say Majorian was sadder. Aurelian succeeded in saving the Roman Empire before he was killed, Majorian wasn’t able to. Hell, if Majorian had succeeded in conquering Africa, he’d be Aurelian 2.0.

[@Colbcolb2321]

Titus's one mistake was dying.

[@metzyahrosenstein4827]

RIP Valentinian, my dude was heated.

[@bruceismay5440]

According to my quick count Rome have 134 revolts, coups, Revolutions and civil wars between ther 2nd century bce and the 5th century ce

[@thechadtc7421]

What historians would call instability in the history of other empires, is considered a golden age in Rome.

[@bruceismay5440]

@@thechadtc7421 that’s what you get when you make a mega empire including multiple ethnic and religious groups many of which hate each other whilst oppessing many of them. You get unrest, instability and revolts. The thing that sets Rome apart was it’s capacity to not fall into ruin during these periods due to is sheer size. Plus al the other parts of Roman history Rome is either dying or tiny so I guess it’s at its best there lol.

[@feastguy101]

According to my quick count, there weren’t enough lifeboats (^:

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

@@bruceismay5440 that is what you get when not having a clear succession policy

[@bruceismay5440]

@@imperiumbrasiliae that’s how you get a clear succession process, by seeing where you stuffed up. Like how Henry 8 had to fix up inheritance which lead to a more stable uk with less succession crisis’s except the very messy time

[@hanspetrich6520]

7:58 I have heard the story quite a few times and thought I wouldn't laugh at it again, but then came the dead-pan delivery of "He rage-quit IRL" and couldn't contain myself anymore

[@4flx17]

You forgot Carus, who according to some sources was stroked by a lightning

[@crimsonsky5728]

I love this small little community of Roman's that I found on KZbin.

[@bensmith4487]

I love history because of the story it tells and I especially love the funny ones

[@knightoffailure1869]

I'm gonna have to start warning my friends not to rage quit IRL after this.

[@Ironpanda94]

I love how Vespasian is still related to the bathroom, in Italy a urinal can still be called "Vespasiano" because of the taxation he put on them; in Rome it's even more common than the official Italian word for it (orinatoio).

[@tiberiuscave4617]

Great video! Just a note about Tiberius' death: he probably did not die peacefully. I mean, nobody killed him, that's spurious in all likelyhood, but details regarding his demises are pretty much consistent: he fell ill, he shortly recovered, asked for help and then collapsed. Seneca the Elder's version, which is incidentally the earliest we have, is devoid of any wrongdoing on Gaius' or Macro's part - to what extent this is due to the fact Seneca was writing under Gaius himself is a matter of debate - but showcases similar details. However, accounts involving Gaius in a villanous role probably erupted after the latter's death, and maybe their origin lies in the confusing rumors that followed Tiberius' death, as well as in Gaius' dark legacy. However, as long as Gaius lived such a version was not acceptable: the young 'princeps' always showed deference toward his grandfather (one year after the latter's death, sacrifices were still held the day of Tiberius' birthday 'ob memoriam', according to 'Acta Arvalia'), and also asked him to be deified - that's obvious, due to 'pietas' bonds as well as Gaius' immediate interests. Rather, he mostly used the Senate as a scapegoat of his late successor's most pernicious deeds, as Suetonius notes.

[@magdalenusrex346]

He seemed to be basing the story on I Claudius (Just got to the episode with Caligula, great show but it's obviously trying to be sensationalist)

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

It’s honestly amazing how angry we humans could get. Valentinian the Great is the GREATEST explain of just how much rage is within a human being

[@Colinop]

i believe carus being "struck by lightning", the betrayal of aurelian, and valerian being captured by the persians and possibly either skinned alive or forced to consume liquid gold are all honorable mentions

[@chiefmonrovia6691]

I dont have much to say, I'm just here to boost the algorithm! Keep up the great videos c:

[@spectrum1140]

Hey thanks, dude! I appreciate it!

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

Boost that algorithm!

[@paulk.dicostanzo2279]

Little surprised Caracalla’s death wasn’t included.

[@magdalenusrex346]

shitty way to die for a shitty emperor

[@optimusminimus]

Although the purpose of the video is clearly entertainment - and it does provide entertainment - I really wish I could hear the remark that these are mostly rumors, not facts. And some of the sources actually contradict each other. For example, it is reported that Vespasian said that "An emperor ought to die standing" and he actually was lifted so that he could, well, die standing. Another example is the story of Tiberius and the pillow. Suetonius reports several versions at once (the main version is that he died without any assistance of Gaius/Macro), Cassius Dio mentions that Gaius "wrapped Tiberius in warm clothes". And your version is the version of Tacitus. And reliability of Tacitus is debatable, since his works are quite probably a forgery commissioned by Poggio Bracciolini.

[@catfood1788]

If you ever feel useless just remember at least you aren’t Constantine the 2nd

[@HW-sw5gb]

If that guy was actually struck by lightning while peeing he might make the list. Or at least the “most interesting” list. Too bad he was definitely assassinated irl though.

[@postmamalone6711]

Azz*zapatos

[@niccolorichter1488]

Evidence ?

[@HW-sw5gb]

@@niccolorichter1488 It’s extremely obvious lol

[@niccolorichter1488]

@@HW-sw5gb it isnt as the army was terified of Jupiter atwerwards and remer his son take over . So who killed him ? Why did the army think invasion in to Persia was against Jupiter s plan ?

[@HW-sw5gb]

@@niccolorichter1488 Please watch other videos on this channel, this guy explains it. It’s exactly the type of shit they use to cover up assassinations. The army was just told the same obvious excuse everyone else did and either 1. Legit believed it or 2. Used it as an excuse to stop. A mix of both probably

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

What about Valerian? He was captured alive by the Persians in battle. The king of Persia proceeded to use him as footstool while while mocking. The Persian king poured molten gold down the throat of Valerian, thus giving him his fill of the loot and riches that he had sought in conquest. Thus Valerian literally died being consumed by his own desires.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

That's more tragic than Funny. Especially since his son probably never figured out his father's fate

[@Hannibalian]

a lot of people have started to attribute such death to crassus instead, if he wasn't a victim of carrhae

[@kaloarepo288]

Empress Irene of the eastern Roman empire had her own son's eyes gouged out -he had briefly been emperor before but she overthrew him.The Christian eastern Roman empire actually had empresses who ruled in their own right (not just consorts) something that never occurred in the pagan phase of the Roman empire -so much for the theory that Christianity set back women's rights!)When the Islamic traveler Ibn Battuta visited Constantinople he was amazed at how much freedom women had in the Christian Byzantine empire.

[@TetsuShima]

The death of the Prefect of the Guard Macro was probably one of the most poetic and ironic in the History of Rome. When he was ordered by Tiberius to go to Rome in order to arrest and execute the previous Prefect of the Guard Sejanus for murdering the Emperor's son Castor and planning to usurp the power, Macro also killed Sejanus' children, with his daughter being r*ped before the execution, as roman laws didn't allow the murder of a virgin. Years later, after murdering Tiberius and pleding allegiance to Caligula, Macro became a pest when he tried to force the new emperor to marry his ex-wife Ennia (even though Caligula actually wished to move to Egypt in order to marry his own sister Drusilla instead) in order to gain a great amount of power within the empire. Due to that, Caligula arrested Macro for murdering Tiberius, using the previous emperor's granchild Gemellus as a pivotal witness during the trial. The most ironic part about this is that Gemellus was presumably Sejanus' bastard son with Castor's wife Livilla, thus making the boy the half-brother of Sejanus' children. What Gemellus didn't know when he was forced by Caligula to testify against Macro is that he avenged his family by pointing in front of the senators the man who ordered their execution, sentencing him to death

[@andreslinares6429]

The fact that Gordian III ruled for four years after the 21 day rule of his grandfather and uncle is an underrated fact

[@michaelpaco4227]

Gordian 3 was really a puppet

[@redjirachi1]

I don't think Valentinian even died, he was just so angry he ascended to being a Khronite Daemon Prince

[@balazsadam3861]

Imagine assassinating the roman emperor by enraging him so much he dies of a heart attack.

[@TheLastRoman]

Fun fact, during n.9 you show a video of legionaries going back to their camp, the ones with the brown shields with boars on them are from my legion in Italy

[@purpleplays69420]

Valentinian just rage quit the whole universe

[@giovannipoeta1278]

Number 0: Carus struck by a lightning

[@connorgolden4]

When one considers the eastern empire…I’m pretty sure it’s almost 100 civil wars and revolts.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

Personally I would have included Didius Julianus- the Emperor who bought the throne from the Praetorian Guard after they killed the last emperor. For the sum of 25,000 Sesterces to each soldier, he became emperor... for 66 days, in which he accomplished nothing, was hated by everyone and had plebs in the city ostracize, insult and in a few occasions physically harassed him until he was killed by likely one of the same soldiers he had paid to give him the title... Upon his death it is said he stated: "But what evil have I done? Whom have I killed?" Obviously oblivious that he had taken the throne from a murdered emperor by bribes no less.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Yes, I was going to say that but couldn't think of his name

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@stevenleslie8557 Yeah I had to look up his exact name aswell, but I remembered his story >.>

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

What about Carus, who was struck by lightning ?

[@spectrum1140]

Sure... "struck by lightning". Riiiight...

[@beybladeguru101]

Man, Jupiter killed anyone who was against the interests of the Praetorians…really makes you think…

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Alright, maybe he got impaled by a giant metallic spear that served as a lightning rod. That still counts xD

[@zenzenulous2243]

Honestly I believe he was struck by lightning because it’s funny and less boring than assassination.

[@duartecosta6669]

@@spectrum1140 Diocletian definetly murdered Carus and Numerian and then covered it up

[@quarternions]

You can't forget about Carus. The man got struck by lightning while campaigning on the east it's almost as if trying to conquer the East is a curse since they were either on a campaign (ex. Julian The Apostate and Carus) or is planning a campaign (Constantine The Great got sick while planning a campaign and passed away, AVRELIANVS and Julius Caesar got assassinated and some times someone dies shortly after finishing the campaign ex. Jovian and Trajan)

[@isaaclopez1490]

rage quit IRL, love that

[@mchanson9332]

My all time favorite: Antoninus Pius apparently died, because he ate too much cheese.

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Emperor Valerian being used as a footstool for mounting ur horse. And then stuffed to be a prop in a play. Now thats funny. (But probably didn't happen,or maybe it did!)

[@GalootWrangler]

Emperor thought dead (take your pick) pulls himself up and inquires “Funny how?”

[@jamespoynor9511]

Yo! Been hoping you'd post! Great content!

[@MoonbreonDad78]

What about Nerva.? He was yelling at one of his delators, got sick from yelling to loud, then died from the fever.

[@Pandadude-eg9li]

Player Valentinian has left the server: Player Fritigern: Wonderbär!

[@whowaifu5475]

What about Carus? If Tiberius was on the list, the guy who allegedly got struck by lightning should be too

[@Alithel]

I like to think that Titus' mistake was dying

[@Sulucnumoh420]

"His son died in battle then he commits suicide out of despair" Hilarious...!....?

[@pandepanda31]

Hoping your channel blow up!

[@phanagorian9275]

Damn are my favourite youtuber now

[@estebson]

Ok but Commodus dying by having a wrestler be sent in to strangle him to death while he was having a bath has got to be up there too.

[@Bryan21381]

One death, caracalla, was killed while taking a piss. I think that was worthy of a pulp fiction death.

[@Probablyadudenamedjay]

The even funnier thing about Pupienus and Balbinus is that Balbinus actually had seen the pretorian guard on it’s way to the palace and in fear wanted to order his loyal troop of German mercenaries to protect both him and Pupienus, but as they had for years, Pupienus argued with him over the fact that is was just the pretorian guard, wasting enough time to get them both killed. 🤣

[@jamj59]

What the heck is that b-roll of tumeric tea :D

[@James_Wisniewski]

Valentinian I: The man who got so mad that he died.

[@wholeNwon]

The little book, "Imperial Exits" is a fun read.

[@Duality290]

Carus was struck by lightning, that has to be the funniest death.

[@Bruno_Noobador]

Great video! Greetings from Vera Cruz's Land

[@historicalized-edits9080]

Commodus died from a wrestler while he was in bath, like kool aid man busting in to join the party

[@phanagorian9275]

Damn your Amy favourite KZbin now

[@martinaustin6230]

When you get big one day. Don't forget us, those who came from your first ranking video.

[@JOGA_Wills]

Haha ok last one was funny but other than that only Vespasians got me to chuckle.... I thot the emperor who got struck by lightning (or prolly got stabbed by his soldiers) should've made the list

[@jzy3224]

*bizzare deaths of Roman emperors- better title imo

[@askindo5466]

Stupid Deaths, Stupid Deaths, they’re funny cause they’re true, woo. Stupid Deaths, Stupid Deaths, Hope next time it’s not you! (Hoo hoo!)"

[@samuelcrandall1180]

Can't believe you left out Carus, who was (supposedly) struck by lightning.

[@lousanus4069]

Constans II-murdered with a bucket

[@The_Practical_Daydreamer]

Honorable mention, Caracella. He was stabbed while peeing.

[@DankRedditMemes]

Titus' last words made him a true omega chad

[@PhilHug1]

Valentinian clearly wasn't a Stoic

[@arte0021]

Roman emperors: the only people whose worst enemies were their own guards. They probably needed guards to defend them from the guards🤣

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Dying was his only mistake 🤣

[@eze4731]

I'd put Commodus in this list, the poor sod got strangled in a bath by a professional athlete after a failed attempt at poisoning him

[@ethanbailey7426]

I always lol when i remember there was an emperor named Pupienus

[@b3ygghsas]

Where's constans II? Slipped on the soap while bathing, hit his head and died

[@susanpower-q5q]

There is an amphitheatre in North Africa connected to Gordian Thyrstis/El Djem

[@glasshead5230]

disappointed that you dint bring up Constans II, got killed by a servant bashing him in the head with a bucket while he was taking a bath

[@Keithoboi]

To be honest, death is the most common thing in ancient rome And that's why the humorous deaths exist

[@Hannibalian]

can't believe you didn't include caracalla as at least an honourable men, my man got murdered while taking a piss on the side of the road in syria!

[@sammarshall9504]

Honorable mention: -Commodus (drowned in a pool by a naked gladiator)

[@hatebeing_sober]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@causantinthescot]

Valentinian I's death was tragic, not funny. Because his death means there wasn't a strong figure of the Roman Empire...... His brother Valens and eldest son Gratian were decent emperors. But there must be a strong figure like Valentinian I, and being decent wasn't enough. And his son Valentinian II seems to be a capable man if there was no Arbogast, but unfortunately being strangled by his minions, so Valentinian II reign was just mediocre.

[@septimiusseverus343]

And we all know who came next, Uncle and Nephew Honorius and Valentinian III aka Dumb and Dumber!

[@causantinthescot]

@@septimiusseverus343 I agree with you too. I wished Gallienus and his father, Valerian was alive in early 400s.

[@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051]

That gacha Profile tho

[@MichaTheLight]

Give me two good smirks/laught

[@TheLastRoman]

Another fun fact, the guy at 5:01 is quite a joke in reenactment community

[@raymond-c7v]

Let’s not forget the one that was killed after throwing an apple up in the air and he choked to death

[@deaddok999]

Always listen to the holy chickens

[@Malthius]

Do you have discord?

[@bufflarrythegreat1145]

5:50 the intro music of a yt god

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

The BGM is the one used by Sam O'Nella

[@monsieur1936]

Also there was one emperor who was reportedly struck by lightning.

[@jamessinclair2898]

Disappointed by the lack of Carus > Becomes Emperor > Beats the shit out the Persians > Gets fucking smited off the face of the earth > "huh maybe we shouldn't be trying to conquer Persia"