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Interesting Roman Emperors

By catiam
  • Marcus Tullius Cicero
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Cicero was born in January 3,106BC in Arpinum and died in December 7,43BC in Formia.
    His name means chickpea!
    Cicero was born six years before Julias Caesar.
    He had to flee Rome because of his speech that didn't go very well.Therefore He was captured by the emperor's forces and killed him. But Cicero left us a gift - his legacy of writings that tell us a great deal about ancient Roman government and daily life.Cicero's words are still powerful today
  • Caius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula
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    Caius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula

    Caligula ruled from 37AD - 41AD
    He was born on August 31,12 in Antium,Itlay and he died on January 24,41AD in Rome.
    Caligula tried to appoint his horse to serve as consul, declared war on Neptune [the Roman God of the sea] and had his soldiers stab the sea with their swords!
  • Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanias
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    Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanias

    Nero ruled from 54-58.
    He was born in December15,37 in Antium, Italy and he died in June 9,68 in Rome.
    Nero murdered his mother and wife, severly taxed the people to build his own gold home and demanded to burn Rome and blamed it on the Christians therefore he had many killed!
  • Gaius Marius
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    Gaius Marius

    Marius was born in 157BC in Arpino and died in January 13,86BC.
    Marius was for the first time a good emperor!
    He was the man who organised the army in the most effective way.
    At the time it appeared that no one could withstand it. He also won some famous battles with his new army. His victories saved Itlay and Rome from an invasion of the barbarians from the north!
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    Caesar Marcus Aurelias Commodus Antonius Augustus

    Commodus was born in 161AD in Lanuvium and died in December 31 192AD in Rome.
    He ruled from 177-180.
    Commodus was lazy and led a life of debauchery surrendering control to his freedmen and praetorian prefects who sold then imperial favours. He disgraced his status by peforming like a slave in the arena.Though he still styled himself the roman hercules!
  • Elagabulas
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    Elagabulas

    Elagabulas was born in 203 or 204.
    He reigned from 218-222.
    Elagabulas married a Vestal Virgin, claiming the reason to be that the union would produce God-like children!
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  • Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus

    Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus

    Otho was born in April 28 in Viterbo and died in April 16 in Brescello.
    He was a roman emperor foe three months only { from 15 January-16 april}!!!!
    Poppaea was Otho's wife but when Nero took over the throne he was forced to divorce so that Nero can marry her! He was also greedy, ambitious and tried to pacify Vitellius but unfortunately failed!
  • Domitian Titus Flavius Domitianis Augustus

    Domitian Titus Flavius Domitianis Augustus

    Domitian ruled from 81-96.
    He was born in October 24,51 in Rome and died in September18,96 also in Rome.
    Domitian developed new tortures, he gets paranoid about conspiracies and he had Vestal Virgins executed or buried alive on charges of immorality!