Cola di Rienzo killed by a Roman mob
October 1354
Brought back to Rome by the cardinal legate as senator, Cola alienated the people by raising taxes. A crowd stormed the Capitol, dragged him out, and stabbed him to pieces beside the lion of Saint Mark. The body was hung up by the feet and burned. Roman republicanism would not return for centuries.
In context
Also in 1354 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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