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Suffocated with pear

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6 October 2018
Pears
Pears

Claudius Drusus, son of emperor Claudius (10 BCE – 54 CE) and Plautia Urgulanillia, suffocated when he tossed a pear for fun and this one fell his open mouth.

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Agrippina the Younger - Nero's motherAgrippina the Younger Bust of Roman emperor ClaudiusClaudius Bust of emperor TiberiusTiberius Drusus the ElderDrusus the Elder Lucullus came from a distinguished plebeian familyLucius Licinius Lucullus
Sources
  • Suetonius, The Life of the Caesars, 27

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