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The Roman emperor whose throne was auctioned off

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Imagine the Secret Service assassinating the president and immediately putting the White House on eBay. In 193 AD, the elite Roman guards murdered the emperor and promised the throne to whoever offered them the biggest bribe. A ridiculously wealthy senator named Didius Julianus won the auction, though he was unsurprisingly beheaded just two months later.

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