motive death_date allegiance nationality article_title name occupation
money unknown , likely after november , 562 marcellus byzantine ablabius -lrb- assassin -rrb-
 ablabius assassin
ablabius -lrb- assassin -rrb-

ablabius -lrb- -rrb- was a byzantine would-be assassin , known for a failed attempt to kill emperor justinian i -lrb- r. 527 -- 565 -rrb- in 562 .
the main sources about him are john malalas and theophanes the confessor .
