I haven't dropped that one yet, Sorry.
A King does not choose his People, the people choose their King
This Is Europa
where only Tyrants live more dangerous than our Kings
## Notorious Despots Slain in the Euro-Mesopotamian Region
Here is a historical list of famous tyrants, dictators, and despots who met violent ends within the geographic and cultural sphere stretching from Europe to Mesopotamia.
## Antiquity
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Xerxes I of Persia (465 BC): Assassinated by his chief bodyguard in Shushan, Elam (modern-day Iran/Mesopotamia cultural sphere).
Philip II of Macedon (336 BC): Murdered by his own royal bodyguard in Aegae, Greece.
Julius Caesar (44 BC): Stabbed 23 times by Roman senators in Rome, Italy, after declaring himself dictator in perpetuity.
Caligula (41 AD): Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard at the Palatine Games in Rome, Italy.
Nero (68 AD): Forced to commit suicide by throat-slitting outside Rome after being declared a public enemy by the Senate.
Domitian (96 AD): Stabbed to death in his palace by court officials in Rome, Italy.
Commodus (192 AD): Strangled in his bath by his wrestling partner in Rome, Italy
# # Middle Ages & Early Modern
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* Andronikos I Komnenos (1185): Bound, tortured, and torn apart by an angry mob in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
Edward II of England following a brutal, tyrannical reign.
Richard III of England (1485): Slain on the battlefield at the Battle of Bosworth Field, England.
Ibrahim I of the Ottoman Empire (1648): Strangled with a silken cord in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) after a erratic, cruel reign.
## Modern Era
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Tsar Nicholas II (1918): Executed alongside his family by Bolshevik firing squad in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Benito Mussolini(1945): Shot by Italian partisans in Giulino di Mezzegra, Italy, and hung upside down in Milan.
Nicolae Ceaușescu (1989): Convicted of genocide and executed by firing squad on live television in Târgoviște, Romania.
Saddam Hussein (2006): Executed by hanging in Baghdad, Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) following his conviction for crimes against humanity.
Muammar Gaddafi North African, this event directly impacts the Mediterranean-European geopolitical complex.
Violent Deaths: Approximately 52% of all Roman emperors were assassinated, executed, or forced into suicide.
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You coming to die is all fine to us.
What are you best in Europeans?
REBELLION
The Euro-Mesopotamian region knows thousands of rebel heroes in its legends, spanning over 4,000 years of storytelling. Because oral folklore blends history with myth, there is no single master database to provide a precise final tally.
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