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JULIO-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY

JULIO-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY. From the names of: Gaius JULIUS Caesar & Tiberius CLAUDIUS Nero (stepson of Augustus). Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ( Augustus ). *N. 63 BC et M. AD 14 *Great Grand Nephew of JC *Imperator: 27 BC-AD14 *Pax Romana

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JULIO-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY

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  1. JULIO-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY From the names of: Gaius JULIUS Caesar & Tiberius CLAUDIUS Nero (stepson of Augustus)

  2. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus(Augustus) *N. 63 BC et M. AD 14 *Great Grand Nephew of JC *Imperator: 27 BC-AD14 *Pax Romana *Golden Age of Literature: Ovid, Vergil, and Horace *Massive Building Projects *Married to Livia *Produced no male heirs

  3. Tiberius Claudius Nero *N. 42 BC et M. AD 37 *Stepson of Augustus *Imperator: AD 14-AD37 *Brilliant soldier in youth *Acceded to throne after deaths of Augustus’ grandsons *Uncovered plot to assassinate him, led by Sejanus *Retired to Capri for last 11 years of his reign *Produced no male heirs

  4. Gaius Caligula *N. AD 12 et M. AD 41 *Nephew of Tiberius and Great Grandson of Augustus *Imperator: AD 37-AD41 *Tended to his uncle, Tiberius, for 5 years on Capri *Only preparation: pontifex and quaestor *His governance was marked by cruelty and autocracy, named his horse to senate *Assassinated in AD 41 *Produced no male heirs

  5. Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus *N. 10 BC et M. AD 54 *Uncle of Caligula *Imperator: AD 41-AD54 *Took part in the invasion of Britain *Good and just ruler *Unfortunately susceptible to the schemes of his wife Agrippina the younger *Persuaded to adopt her son, Nero, as the guardian of his own son Britannicus *Most likely assassinated by Agrippina, succeded by Nero *Honored as a God by the Romans post mortem

  6. Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus *N. AD 37 et M. AD 68 *Stepson of Claudius *Imperator: AD 54-AD68 *Became emperor as a youth *Under the tutelage of Seneca *Murdered his mother in AD 59 *Celebrated the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 by building the Domus Aurea (The Golden House) *Persecuted the new cult “The Christians” for the fire *Finally killed himself after the march on Rome by Galba

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