Fun Historical Facts for October 7th
HISTORY FUN FACTS for OCTOBER 7th On This Day in History in 14BC, Nero Claudius Drusus was born. He later became known as Drusus Julius Caesar, because everyone wanted to be a Julius Caesar, after he became the Roman Emperor. Drusus Julius Caesar was the only son of Emperor Tiberius and his first wife Vipsania Agrippina. As was common at the time with Roman Emperors, he was murdered, allegedly by his new wife, Livilla. His father, Emperor Tiberius, was also assassinated. He was killed on the 16th of March, 37, yes, that's actually a real year, by a pillow. The pillow may have just been where his head was resting whilst he slept. Or it may have been above his head, being pressed down, really hard, by Caligula. No one is quite sure. Tiberius died in Misenum, aged 78, after placing himself in exile for the last years of his life. Everyone had it in for him. That bloke. The bloke over there. The geezer sitti...