Cheese, angry gods and shoddy surgeons: the unlikely deaths of Roman emperors
Julius Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March was only the beginning. Whether the cause was treason, ill-luck or ineptitude, it was a rare thing for a Roman emperor to die of old age. Here, BBC History Revealed recount some of the unusual ways that Ancient Rome's rulers have met their ends

Published: April 8, 2020 at 4:30 PM