HISTORY CHANNELED: THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS

Exactly 2000 years ago today, Emperor Augustus passed away.  If historical legends are to be believed, he was poisoned with tainted figs which had been dusted with the poison while still on the tree... by his wife Livia.  (This was to ensure her son Tiberius would inherit the throne as emperor.)

Pictured: Brian Blessed as the dying Augustus

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