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1. Claudius

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   Claudius died suddenly in 54 CE. The traditional account, popularized by Tacitus and Suetonius, asserts that he was poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina the Younger, who sought to clear the path for her own son, Nero, to succeed him over Claudius's own son, Britannicus. The method of poisoning is often cited as being administered via a dish of mushrooms, specifically the Amanita imperatoria, which was Claudius’s documented favourite [supper dish]…

2. Pontius_pilate

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   Early Career and Appointment
   The exact details of Pilate’s background before his appointment remain obscure, though his cognomen, Pilatus, is frequently associated with the Latin pileatus, suggesting a connection to the cap worn by freedmen or a specific military cohort formation, possibly the pila throwing unit [1]. Archaeological evidence, specifically a damaged inscription recovered near Caesarea Maritima (the Roman administrative capital), te…