15. AUGUSTUS CÆSAR _died a natural
death_.
39. _Tiberius_ was smothered with pillows,
at the instigation of Macro, the
friend of Caligula.
42. _Caligula_ was stabbed by Cherea and
other conspirators, when retiring
from the celebration of the Palatine
games.
55. _Claudius_ was poisoned by the artifice
of his wife Aggrippina.
69. _Nero_ in the midst of a general revolt
was condemned to death by the
senate. Upon hearing of which
he killed himself with a dagger.
69. _Sergius Galba_ conspired against by
Otho, by whose partisans he was
beheaded.
70. _Otho_ destroyed himself, to avoid further
contest with his competitor
Vitellius.
70. _Vitellius_ was massacred by the populace,
who threw his dead body
into the Tiber.