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The Mystery of the Roman Emperor: Was He Really Killed by Lightning?

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Roman emperors were prone to ending their careers, and their lives, prematurely, but one seems to have resigned in the most sudden and bizarre way of all. Carus, who ruled the Roman Empire for just one year, from September 282 AD, supposedly died after being struck by lightning immediately after a glorious military victory over Persia. However, not all historians are convinced of the veracity of this unlikely story. Carus, who was probably born …
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Roman emperors were prone to ending their careers, and their lives, prematurely, but one seems to have resigned in the most sudden and bizarre way of all. Carus, who ruled the Roman Empire for just one year, from September 282 AD, supposedly died after being struck by lightning immediately after a glorious military victory over Persia. However, not all historians are convinced of the veracity of this unlikely story. Carus, who was probably born …

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וואלה! broke the news on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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