ANTH 3030 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cross-Dressing, Omen, Gracchi
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The murder of gaius and accession of claudius. Caesonia and infant daughter also murdered by julius lupus. Assassins: diverse group, but initiative taken by 3 praetorian tribunes: cassius chaerea; Cornelius sabinus, julius lupus & sextus papinius; one of the praetorian prefects is named, Friends of lepidus and other victims, e. g. minucianus. Several senators: asprenus, norbanus; annius vinicianus (friend of lepidus), decimus valerius asiaticus (implicated by tac. 11. 1 first extant bit after d. of tiberius retrospectively in 47 when he was accused of plotting against claudius and driven to suicide). He had cleverly exculpated himself by addressing the crowd straight afterwards in wishing he had been complicit! Strategy: at the palatine games gaius isolated from his guards in a narrow place, 2 traditions, but multiple assailants and 30 wounds. Cassius chaerea"s motivation at heart personal: war hero (survived the german mutinies in. Ad14-16), high, effeminate sounding voice; humiliated by gauis in front of peers, lass" (gynnis)
