Ancient Justice

Guy Fawkes plots to destroy Parliament. Sejanus poisons an heir in Rome. Nika rioters threaten Justinian. Exiles corrupt Delphi's Oracle.

Denmark's Erik IV is beheaded by his brother. A CT scan reveals Ramesses III was assassinated. Darius III falls to betrayal. Julius Caesar is stabbed by senators.

Spartacus leads slaves against Rome. Philosopher Hypatia is murdered by a mob. Commodus is poisoned and strangled. Edward II vanishes in captivity.

Louis d'Orleans is ambushed in Paris. Alcibiades is slain in exile. Thomas Becket is killed in Canterbury Cathedral. Abbasid brothers wage civil war.

King Alboin's cruelty sparks his murder. Emperor Xianzong dies mysteriously. England's princes vanish in the Tower. Philip of Swabia is slain.

War hero Gilles de Rais is tried for murder. Philip II of Macedonia is assassinated. Scotland's Black Dinner ends in execution. Xerxes I is betrayed.

Assassins strike the Medici at Easter Mass. Empress Maria is strangled. Consort Wu schemes to rule China. Merovingian princes are slain by their uncles.

William Rufus is struck by an arrow hunting. Conrad of Montferrat is slain by Assassins. Sicily's Vespers sparks war. Japan's last shogun is murdered.

King Birger starves his brothers at a banquet. Cicero exposes Catiline's conspiracy. Lord Darnley is murdered. Cleopatra has her sister slain at a temple.

Caracalla is stabbed on a roadside. Charles the Good is slain at prayer. Young King Edward is killed at Corfe Castle. Valentinian III falls to revenge.