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Julio-Claudian Rulers

Julio-Claudian Rulers. Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero. Octavian/Augustus. Advice from Senate Governed difficult provinces Public projects “Good old days” Reformed army Training Commanders Benefits. Tiberius. Caligula. Claudius.

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Julio-Claudian Rulers

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  1. Julio-Claudian Rulers Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero

  2. Octavian/Augustus • Advice from Senate • Governed difficult provinces • Public projects • “Good old days” • Reformed army • Training • Commanders • Benefits

  3. Tiberius Caligula

  4. Claudius • permitted to become emperor due to physical and “mental” handicaps • Added Britain to the empire • Severe family problems

  5. Nero • Worst emperor of the Pax Romana • Singer, musician • Fire destroyed much of the city • Persecution of Chrisitans • Selfish rebuilding

  6. Legion Selected Emperors, 69 AD Galba 7 months Otho 35 days Vitellius 4 months

  7. Flavian Emperors Vespasian Titus Domitian

  8. Antonini “5 Good” Emperors Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antonius Pius Marcus Aurelius

  9. Nerva • Law of Succession

  10. Trajan • Non-Italian emperor • Empire reached its largest size • Dacia • Military-bureaucracy • public works

  11. Hadrian • Territorial withdrawals • Stabilized imperial size • Hadrian’s Wall • Lived outside of Rome • Jewish Revolt • Pantheon

  12. Antonius Pius

  13. Marcus Aurelius • Last Pax Romana emperor • Germanic wars • Stoic philosopher • “Meditiations” • Ended Law of Succession by selecting Commodus, his son

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