Transcript THE TERRIBLE REIGNS of Caligula & Tiberius

EarLY SIGNS OF DECLINE
IN THE ADEQUATE REIGN
of Tiberius,
Agustusus’ successor As
princeps, 14-37 CE
By: …
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Gov’t
Name
TIBERIUS AS PRINCEPS:
CONNECTING TO augustus
Bronze bust of
Augustus,
Tiberius’
predecessor.
The Julio-Claudian
Family Tree
Antony Kamm’s The Romans, 2006-2009,
Julio-Claudian Family Tree, http://www.theromans.co.uk/augustus_genealogy.htm (April
11, 2013).
BBC History, Augustus, 2013,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/augustus.shtml
(April 11, 2013).
Gov’t
relationship with the senate:
The Law of Treason (Maiestas)
“I would ask you sire: when are you
going to vote?
If first, you set me an example to
follow; if last, I
am afraid that I may unintentionally
disagree with you.” Senator Gnaeus Piso
“By decree the Senate for preserving the
citizens”. His poor attitude toward the
Senate was an early sign of the
deteriorating relationship that played a
role in Rome’s eventual downfall.
Professor Eddie Lowry, Clark Collection of Ancient Art
<http://www.ripon.edu/Academics/art/clark/coin_photos/33rev.gif >
Gov’t
MAGISTRATES LOSE
FAVOUR
Consuls
and
praetors
By the 400s
emperors will
control so
much power
that Tiberius
can take
some blame
for starting
this trend.
Social
Relations/Gov’t
tIBerIus’ oPPoNeNts
Coin
depicting
Stoic
Brutus and
honouring
him for
murdering
Caesar.
The Roman Numismatic Gallery, Imperatorial Coins of the Late Republic,
1996-2013, http://www.romancoins.info/Imperatorial-murderers.HTML
(April 11, 2013).
Social
Relations
Name
Self-Imposed Exile
Map of Italy
and
its remote
islands;
specifically
note the Isle
of Capri
where Tiberius
went in 28 CE.
Tiberius
wasn’t the
most popular
emperor.
Map of Italy, http://www.dailynews.lk/images/edisupplement/Map%20of%20Italy.gif
Romanization
Dealing with the early
LegIoNs’ revoLts
1.
“Wretched Pay, Long Terms
of Service, and Brutal
Disciplinary Enforcement.”
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Even from this early time,
legions will not always
loyally follow their emperor a sign of decline.
Pannonia
2.
1.European History. http://whydyoueatthat.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/scrapple-its-final-european2. Wikimedia Commons. Pannonia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pannonia_SPQR.png?uselang=fr?uselang=fr. (November 5, 2011).
Romanization
FOREIGN POLICY: maintain
frontiers
Tiberius
avoided war
with the
powerful
Parthians. By
the end of the
Roman Empire
in the west
another
powerful empire
will rise in Iran,
so Tiberius
can’t be blamed
for this factor
that contributed
to Rome’s
History World International, A History of the Parthians, N.d., decline.
http://history-world.org/parthianmap.jpg (April 11, 2013).
Social Relations
A cItIzeN’s rIghts DecLINe
“Tiberius tried to limit free speech in Rome; a citizen’s
right.”
Normal men,
those of working
(Plebian) class,
were about to be
denied their right
to speak freely.
Here Tiberius
can take some
blame for the
long, slow
erosion of
respect for and
rights of plebs.
2008. Rome Reading. http://www.bible-researcher.com/headcoverings3.html. (November 5, 2011).
Burgan, Micheal. Empire of Ancient. New York: Shoreline Publishing inc, 2005.
Social Relations
tIBerIus’ reLIgIous vIews
The growth of
Christianity was a
factor in Rome’s
decline, so Tiberius’
encouragement of
this religion may
have been an early
long-term cause.
Sympathized with the Christians and treated them well,
but still supported the imperial cults.
The oberver,2011, http://observanda.blogspot.com/2011/03/do-you-dare-take-quiz.html
Economics
tAkINg cAre of rome’s weALth
Like other emperors
before and after,
Tiberius built a
palace on the
Palatine Hill in
Rome. His excesses
were not equal to
Nero’s. He
contributed his small
part to a drain on
the treasury that
eventually
contributed to
Rome’s fall.
Google Sightseeing, Ancient Rome, Feb. 6, 2013,
http://www.google.ca/imgres?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=4QgV1k4lH5akbM:&imgrefurl=http://googlesightseeing.
com/2013/02/ancient-rome/&docid=sZWF5Hokq1PkBM&imgurl=http://googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/r2atrb.jpg&w=482&h=323&ei=0OVmUeazC8fW2QWalIGQAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=304&vpy=306&dur=11656&hovh=184&hovw=
274&tx=61&ty=209&page=5&tbnh=151&tbnw=214&start=83&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:85,s:0,i:339 (April 11, 2013).
InfraSTRUCTURE
To assist his treason trials he
built permanent barracks for
the Praetorian Guard just
outside Rome. It wasn’t the
building that contributed to
decline, in this case, but the
fact that he was giving more
responsibility to the
Praetorian Guard; in turn,
that eventually became a
factor in weakening the
empire.
Vroma (Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics), Praetorian Guard, N.d.,
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/cancelleriaA_soldiers.jpg (April 11, 2013).