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Cases about people recorded as ancient and traditional religions. A religion appears where Wikidata or the person's Wikipedia biography records one, for the person the case is about. Each case shows its source. A case with no record shows none.
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- 1520Spain and then Mexico paid Moctezuma's heirs for Tacuba lands until a 1934 decree, and a Spanish dukedom still carries his nameboe.gob.es and 4 more
- 1227Genghis Khan's sons fought over the eldest son's birth before he named a successor, and his grave was never recordedzh.wikisource.org and 5 more
- 524Clovis's sons sent their mother scissors and a sword, then killed two of their dead brother's sons and split his kingdomsourcebooks.fordham.edu and 4 more
- 211Severus left Rome to two sons, their mother stopped them dividing the empire, and Caracalla had his brother killed in her armsUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 136Hadrian forced his 90-year-old brother-in-law and the man's 18-year-old grandson to die, and the old man prayed Hadrian would long for death and not be able to dieUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 69A senator was accused of biting the severed head of Galba's heir, and years later he swore on his son's life to get into the heir's widow's willUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 1 more
- 54Claudius's will was never read in public, and Nero poisoned Claudius's son Britannicus four months after taking the throneUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 41Suetonius says Caligula ignored Tiberius's will, killed his co-heir, and haunted the gardens he inherited until his sisters reburied himUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 14Augustus's will, read to the Senate by the Vestal Virgins, barred his daughter and granddaughter from his tombUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 4 BCEHerod the Great executed three sons, changed his will in his last days, and died five days after the last execution; Augustus split his kingdom among the survivorsperseus.tufts.edu and 6 more
- 43 BCEClodius burned Cicero's house and built a shrine to Liberty on the site, and Cicero's son was consul the year Antony's statues came downUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
- 44 BCEJulius Caesar's will, opened after his murder, made Octavian his son and gave every Roman 300 sestercesUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 3 more
- 270 BCEEpicurus willed his Garden to his school for ever, and two centuries later a Roman exile owned the ruins of his house and planned to pull it downWikisource (primary text) and 2 more
- 1340 BCEThe Nefertiti bust left Egypt in 1913 listed as a plaster princess, and Berlin has kept it through a century of Egyptian demandspreussischer-kulturbesitz.de and 2 more