Assassination of Gaius Horatius

The Assassination of Gaius Horatius took place on the morning of 7th Sun’s Height, 3E 298. The killing acted as a catalyst for political rise and fall both. Perhaps most notably, general Quintus Aurelian was made Potentate in the event’s aftermath.

The High Chancellor Horatius, emerging from the Great Chantry of Akatosh, was accosted by a large section of the Elder Council. Several demands and petitions were made, chief and final among which was the High Chancellor's abdication. These demands refused, some from the party assaulted Horatis; these assaults led to murder.