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In 39, Agrippina and Livilla, with their maternal cousin, Drusilla's widower Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, were involved in a failed plot to murder Caligula, a plot known as the Plot of the Three Daggers, which was to make Lepidus the new emperor.
The plot failed owing to the late arrival of the Athenian force, when Nicodromus had already fled the island.
The plot also failed.
On 2 December 1804, after a failed assassination plot, he crowned himself Emperor.
In 1758, after a failed plot to poison the drinking water of the plantation owners, he was captured and burned alive at the public square in Cap-Français.
* In 2002, Singapore accused Hezbollah of recruiting Singaporeans in a failed 1990s plot to attack U. S. and Israeli ships in the Singapore Straits.
He was probably among the promoters of the failed plot against Cesare Borgia in 1502, being assassinated as retaliation, together with numerous members of the family.
However, some hold that he was ignorant of the nature of the plot at the time, having been told the Huguenots had tried to take over the government but failed.
Captured SOE-supplied Nobel 808 was the explosive used in the failed 20 July plot assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in 1944.
An alleged plot to overthrow president Stevens failed in 1974 and its leaders were executed.
Grant is thought by many to have been a target in the Lincoln assassination plot ; an unknown assailant allegedly failed in an attempt to break into Grant's railroad car.
The aftermath of the failed 20 July plot to kill Hitler.
On 2 December 1804, after a failed assassination plot, he crowned himself Emperor.
The plot failed, but Osiris now found Nephthys very attractive, as he thought she was Isis.
The plot failed, however, and Beck was forced to commit suicide.
When this plot failed in 133 BCE, Emperor Wu launched a series of massive military invasions into Xiongnu territory.
Despite his refusal of official approval, the pope nonetheless allowed the plot to proceed without interfering, and, after the failed assassination of Lorenzo, also gave dispensation for crimes done in the service of the church.
In 1244, after the plot had failed, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison the king, and to avoid arrest, sought refuge in Fontevraud Abbey where she died two years later, but none of this can be confirmed.
His father, the previous earl and a loyal Lancastrian, was executed for a failed plot to assassinate Edward IV.
The anarchist Michele Schirru was executed after a failed assassination plot against Benito Mussolini.
Despite this careful planning, Berlioz failed to carry through with the plot.
Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, commonly referred to as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (), Claus von Stauffenberg, or Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ( 15 November 1907 21 July 1944 ), was a German army officer and aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power.
The plot failed and Duvalier subsequently ordered a massive search for Barbot and his fellow conspirators.

plot and matter
The whole matter has assumed the portion of Dayton and her merchants endeavoring to secure a large amount of notoriety and publicity with an open question as whether Scopes is a party to the plot or not.
However, in spite of its initial short term success and critical reaction, as represented by a review in La Gazzetta privilegiata which stated that " A new masterwork has been added to Italian music ..... Belisario not only pleased and delighted, but also conquered, enflamed and ravished the full auditorium ", in the long run, had " Donizetti poured music of the calibre of his Lucia di Lammermoor into the score of Belisario the shortcomings of its wayward plot and dramatic structure would matter less ".
Nonetheless, they kept accurate calendars and if they recorded the date of the temple reconstructions it would be a fairly simple matter to plot the rough precession rate.
He became increasingly more idiosyncratic in terms of plot, form and subject matter in movies like The Marriage of Maria Braun ( 1978 ), The Third Generation ( 1979 ) and Querelle ( 1982 ).
Since the original plot was over the mountain West of Carlton, it was a matter of convenience for the railroad to build where it presently is, because negotiating the mountain was not feasible.
Butler briefed Congress on what he described as a business plot for a military coup, for which he had been suggested as leader ; the matter was partially corroborated, but the real threat has been disputed.
This volume contains one main plot with no subplot mystery or investigation ; this is unique for original versions of Nancy Drew mysteries, which usually contain at least one subplot or secondary mystery, plus a subplot involving a personal matter for Nancy or one of her friends.
More people took interest in the matter and the plot began to unravel.
In many non-fictional narrative genres, even though the author lacks the same freedom to control the action and " plot ", selection of subject matter, degree of detail, and emphasis permit an author to create similar structures.
The matter was resolved by permitting the addition of a 14 ft. building plot, formerly occupied by the churchyard, to the east of the church.
The Spanish daily newspaper, El Mundo, played an important role in revealing the plot when it ran a comprehensive series of articles on the matter.
* In the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, one of the plot elements is referred to as " red matter ," a substance that is able to produce artificial, fast acting black holes.
Image annotations: The featured plot shows Leaf Area Index ( LAI ), a measure of global vegetative matter, from a NetCDF dataset.
No matter whether the plot occurred or not, Eleanor was soon moved away from the coast.
The Coen brothers wrote the script for Barton Fink in a matter of weeks to take their minds off Miller's Crossing, another screenplay that caused them writer's block due to the complex plot.
Once elected by the congress, Alessandri — a party to the plot through intermediaries — was prepared to resign his presidency within a matter of days so that new elections could be held.
In the Mad Men episode, the Sterling Cooper advertising agency is trying to secure sponsors for The Defenders episode, which contains a plot involving abortion telecast on March 28, 1962, after the regular sponsors pulled out because they claimed the episode ( and subject matter ) was " too controversial ".
The plot was foiled, although Maga canceled a visit to France to attend to the matter at hand.
When Rose suddenly appears on the scene Holly sees her as a threat, stalks her and may ( or may not-the plot leaves the final matter in doubt ) conspire with Bob's former boyfriend Carl to split Bob and Rose up.
With the matter hanging in the air, Senna went on record saying it was a plot and conspiracy against him by FIA and FISA president Jean Marie Balestre who he said favored Alain Prost.
When Rhys and Joram discover the existence of a Haldane heir in Camber of Culdi, one of their first actions is to seek Camber's guidance on the matter, and it is ultimately Camber's participation in the plot ( specifically giving Deryni-like powers to Cinhil ) that enables it to succeed.
The plot was foiled, although Maga canceled a visit to France to attend to the matter at hand.
The whole process is repeated for all the other pairs of points required, and it is a simple matter to make a scale diagram of the plot of land.
But does the plot matter so much with Mrs Christie?

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