Statistics for Roman Emperors who were Assasinated

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Cause of Assasination	Year of Death	Answer	% Correct
Killed by the Praetorian Guards. First emperor to be assasinated (Not counting Julius Caesar cause Pre-Empire).	41 AD	Caligula	93%
Poisoned by his wife.	54 AD	Claudius	72%
Strangled to death by his mentor in a bathtub.	192 AD	Commodus	62%
Murdered in a coup by his successor. The reason was for not paying bribes he never promised in the first place	69 AD	Galba	54%
Killed in a conspiracy by court officials.	96 AD	Domitian	50%
Lynched by Mutinous troops. His death signified the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.	235 AD	Severus Alexander	47%
Also murdered by his successors troops.	69 AD	Vitellius	46%
Killed by the Praetorian guard as a result of a bureaucrat fabricating an execution list.	275 AD	Aurelian	41%
Murdered by the Praetorian Guard (Shocker) along with his mother.	222 AD	Elagabalus	41%
Killed by his own soldier while out on campaign.	217 AD	Caracalla	39%
Murdered by the Praetorian Guard.	193 AD	Pertinax	38%
Killed by his brother and co-emperor.	211 AD	Geta	37%
Murdered by the Praetorian Guard.	249 AD	Phillip II	31%
Killed by his troops in favor of a Usurper. Also possibly due to his homosexual tendancies.	350 AD	Constans I	30%
Killed by the Senate.	193 AD	Didius Julianus	28%
Also tortured and murdered by the Praetorian Guards alongside the previous guy.	238 AD	Balbinus	26%
Executed in a revolt in favor of his successor	218 AD	Macrinus	26%
Murdered by his troops for taking too long to siege a city.	238 AD	Maximinus Thrax	26%
Tortured and murdered by the Praetorian Guards.	238 AD	Pupienus	25%
Murdered in a conspiracy possibly involving two of his successors.	268 AD	Gallienus	21%
Murdered by his troops in favor of his successor.	282 AD	Probus	21%
Killed by troops loyal to his successor. Possibly the shortest reigning emperor in Roman history. This is not certain though	270 AD	Quintillus	20%
Murdered by his troops in favor of successor.	253 AD	Trebonianus Gallus	20%
Murdered by his soldiers when news broke of his sucessor returning to Rome with a larger army.	253 AD	Aemilianus	18%
Was killed by the Magister Equitum for being too lazy.	383 AD	Gratian	17%
Executed in favor of his successor.	218 AD	Diadumenian	10%
Murdered by his own troops in favor of his successor.	276 AD	Florianus	8%
Murdered in favor of the ruler of the Gallic Empire.	260 AD	Saloninus	7%
Murdered by his soldiers alongside his father.	253 AD	Volusianus	7%