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'''Cassius Chaerea''' ({{IPA|la-x-classic|ˈkʰae̯rea|lang|link=yes}}) was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] soldier and officer who served as a [[tribune]] in the army of [[Germanicus]] and in the [[Praetorian Guard]] under the emperor [[Caligula]], whom he eventually [[assassinated]] in AD 41.

According to [[Tacitus]], before Chaerea's service in the Praetorians, he distinguished himself with his bravery and skill in helping to subdue the mutiny on the Germanic frontier immediately after the death of [[Augustus]]<ref>{{cite book |url=http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.1.i.html |title= The Annals |author= Cornelius Tacitus|translator= Anthony John Woodman |publisher=Hackett Publishing|year=2004|isbn=978-0-87220-558-1|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|page= 19|accessdate=24 January 2011 }}</ref> in AD 14.

Chaerea was disturbed by the increasingly unbalanced Caligula, and was angered at the Emperor's mocking of his voice and of his supposed or real [[effeminacy]]. [[Suetonius]] reported that whenever Caligula had Chaerea kiss his ring, Caligula would "hold out his hand to kiss, forming and moving it in an obscene fashion".<ref name="suetonius">{{cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Caligula*.html|title= The Lives of the Twelve Caesars |year= 2010|publisher= University of Chicago Press|accessdate= 23 January 2010}}</ref> Chaerea was also made to use degrading watch-words at night, including "Venus" (slang for a male [[eunuch]]) and "[[Priapus]]" (a minor god usually depicted with an oversize, erect phallus).<ref name="suetonius"/>

Unable to bear this deliberate provocation any longer, Chaerea planned to assassinate Caligula during the [[Palatine games]] held in January 41. Caligula was despised by many people and Chaerea's plot was one of several that formed around the same time, eventually coalescing into one broad conspiracy involving a number of [[Praetorian Guard|Praetorians]], [[Roman Senate|Senators]], and [[Equestrian order|Equestrians]]. On 24 January Chaerea struck, and Caligula was stabbed to death. At the same time, Caligula's wife [[Caesonia]] and daughter [[Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)|Julia Drusilla]] were murdered, completing the task of destroying the emperor's immediate family. Chaerea was sympathetic to his fellow conspirators in the Senate, and sought the destruction of the [[Principate]].{{cn|date=January 2019}} But Chaerea did not control the loyalty of the majority of the Praetorians, who quickly proclaimed Caligula's uncle, [[Claudius]], as emperor. Shortly afterwards, Chaerea was sentenced to death, one of the few assassins to be actually condemned. Chaerea requested to be executed with his personal sword, and this soon was granted.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

==In fiction==
Cassius Chaerea is portrayed sympathetically in [[Robert Graves]]' ''[[I, Claudius]]'' novels as having had a long and distinguished career in service of Rome, including being the only surviving officer of the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|massacre at Teutoburg Forest]]. He later serves under Caligula, whom he protected in his youth. Chaerea insists that he killed Caligula for the Republic's sake, and Claudius sympathizes with him. Chaerea is foretold in the Sibyl's prophecy to be "the horse" that will kill Caligula, as Caligula rode on Chaerea's shoulders as a child. As he did in fact according to Suetonius, the new Emperor Claudius decides he must have Cassius Chaerea executed, not so much for the murder of the insane Caligula, but for ordering the murder of Caligula's wife and infant child.

In the 1976 BBC TV series ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'', Cassius Chaerea was portrayed by [[Sam Dastor]]. In the 1979 theatrical film ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'', he was portrayed by [[Paolo Bonacelli]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [[Suetonius]], ''[[On the Life of the Caesars]]'', "Caligula", LVI.

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