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Rome Rulers

Rome Rulers. Rulers of the World: The Good and the VERY BAD. The Good. Julius Caesar - Set the standard for which all other rulers will be judged All others take the title of Caesar as an embodiment of total power Tried to eliminate dishonest practices in the government

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Rome Rulers

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  1. Rome Rulers Rulers of the World: The Good and the VERY BAD

  2. The Good • Julius Caesar - Set the standard for which all other rulers will be judged • All others take the title of Caesar as an embodiment of total power • Tried to eliminate dishonest practices in the government • Corrected the Roman calendar • Diluted the power of the corrupt Senate • Impressive military general - greatly expanded Roman Territory

  3. Good Rulers Cont. • Augustus - Reformed Rome’s Army - paid them out of the Imperial treasury and making the Legion’s swear alliance to him • Reformed the Roman economy, ordered a census, and set up a postal service

  4. Good Emperors Cont. • Hadrian put his armies to work building roads and walls that marked the boundaries of the empire • Worked very hard to improve the life of the average Roman • Created the Wall of Hadrian which marked the Northern border in England • Designed to keep barbarians out - designed like the Great Wall of China - Used for over 300 years

  5. Good Rulers Cont. • Marcus Aurelius - Very close to Plato’s idea of a philosopher king - dedicated himself to the idea of improving Rome • Expanded the boundaries of the empire

  6. The Very Bad • Commodus - Bread and circuses • He neglected his office by spending most of his time at games and shows. • He even fought in the arena • Murdered in his sleep

  7. The Very Bad • Nero - Selfish Ruler • Wanted to rebuild his palace - he is told that there is no money in the treasury to do so • Not long after there was a fire which burnt most of the city of Rome to the ground • There is some evidence which points to Nero as the man behind the fire, legend says that Nero played the violin while the city burned • Whether Nero started the fire or not he got to rebuild his palace and blamed a weird new religious cult for starting the fire, the Christians • This began several hundred years of religious persecution against Christians in Rome • Christians were crucified, forced to fight, and feed to beasts in the arena by the hundreds

  8. The Very Bad Cont. • Caligula is the most famous bad ruler of them all • Caligula started out as a good ruler but after suffering from a fever that almost killed him, Caligula recovered physically but was most probably criminally insane • Caligula delighted in dinner parties during which people were tortured to death for entertainment • Caligula forced the Senate to place their wives in a public brothel or be horribly murdered • Caligula even made his horse a Senator and forced the Senate to address his horse as such

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