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emperor
The ruler of an empire.
Augustus
Ancient Roman
emperor whose
rule began a long
period of
prosperity and
peace.
Pax Romana
“Roman Peace”, a time when
ancient Rome was prosperous
and peaceful.
http://rome.mrdonn.org/paxromana.html
Caligula
Cruel ancient Roman
emperor who was
assassinated by
members of his
bodyguard.
“ I would like my horse to be a Senator.”
“I order the sun to rise in the middle of the night.”
By 39 AD it was clear that Caligula suffered from amental illness,
which may have been a rare illness called Wilson's Disease,
and this made him act weirder and weirder. He seems to have
begun to think of himself as a god. Caligula's mental illness took
over his life more and more as he got older. Suetonius says
Caligula made his horse a priest,
ordered the sun to rise in the middle of the night,
and forced senators to run alongside his chariot.
By the time he was 29 years old,
Caligula was so disabled that the people near him thought it was
just impossible for him to rule anymore.
But there wasn't any way to stop being Emperor except to die,
because the Senate had voted Caligula's powers to him for life.
So in 41 AD some of Caligula's guards stabbed him to death,
and made his uncle Claudius emperor instead.
Claudius
Ancient Roman
emperor after
Caligula who
tried to improve
conditions in
the Empire
Nero
Ancient Roman emperor
upon whose death civil war
broke out
He ordered some of the members of the Senate
to kill themselves that they finally took action.
The Senate ordered Nero's immediate execution.
When Nero heard about it, he killed himself.
He ordered Christians to be thrown to the
lions as part of the entertainment in the
Colosseum.
http://rome.mrdonn.org/nero.html
Marcus Aurelius
Ancient Roman philosopher,
general, and emperor who
was perhaps the
greatest of Rome’s
“Five Good Emperors”.
Colosseum
A famous
Roman arena.
gladiator
In ancient Rome,
a professional fighter.
http://rome.mrdonn.org/entertainment.html
Seneca
Roman writer &
philosopher
who was an
advisor to Nero.
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