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Augustus becomes Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of the Roman religion after Lepidus, who had been a member of the Triumvirate with Octavian and Mark Antony, dies.
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Augustus became more dictatorial, exiling the poet Ovid, who had mocked his moral reforms.
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Augustus creates the cohorts urbanae in Rome to help maintain public order.
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The four successors of Augustus, the first Roman emperor: Tiberius (reigned 14–37), Caligula (37–41), Claudius I (41–54), and Nero (54–68)
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It was widely believed that Tiberius had poisoned him in order that his own son, Drusus, should succeed.
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Never returned to Rome
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This turns him into a ruthless ruler.
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Caligula had Roman merchant ships build him a floating bridge across the Bay of Bauli so that he could gallop across it for two days
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He also held fake battles for entertainment.
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To gain more land, Claudius has a tunnel dug to drain the Fucine Lake out of Central Italy 6 km long.
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After accusing his previous wife Octavia of adultery, exiling, and murdering her.
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started when a fire broke out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome’s mammoth chariot stadium; however, history has blamed Nero for the disaster, implying that he started the fire so that he could bypass the senate and rebuild Rome to his liking
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The Pisos Conspiracy came out as a failed attempt to kill Nero, and it resulted in the execution of forty-one people, including Roman Senators and high falutin Romans.
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Galba appointed Vitellius to be the governor of lower Germany even though he had no military experience.
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The Year of the Four Emperors began with Galba, continued with Otho, followed by Vitellius, until the final accession of Vespasian, first of the Imperial Flavian Dynasty
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In order to prevent civil war due to the Battle of Bedriacum.
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Otho’s and Vitellius’s armies met at the First Battle of Bedriacum. Vitellius came out victorious, and Otho died.
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Between Vespasian and Vitellius. Vespasian defeated Vitellius and dragged his body through the streets before killing him.
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The ancient Roman imperial dynasty of Vespasian (reigned 69–79) and his sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96)
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Vespasian came to Rome in the late summer and left his son in charge of Judea.
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Jerusalem was taken in, and the temple was destroyed.
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, so Titus went to see if relief was needed there. While he was on this visit, a fire broke out in Rome and lasted 3 days.
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Titus opens the Colosseum to the public and holds a 100 day "gladiator spectacular."
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Domitian set out for Germany to battle the Chatti. He named himself “Germanicus” after winning.
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Domitian thought these senators were plotting against him.
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The Samaritans came and attacked the Roman front (started a war that lasted longer than Domitian’s reign).
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Included Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. This succession was not a bloodline.
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The Praetorian Guard (the army) rebelled and held Nerva captive in the imperial palace. They demanded the release of the two of the men responsible for Domitian’s death (Petronius and Parthenius), but Nerva resisted.
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Nerva adopted Marcus Ulpius Trains (Trajan) to be his son since he did not have any heirs.
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Trajan, who loved war, left Rome to battle the Dacians. He quickly won.
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After a period of relative peace in Rome, Trajan left to fight in war on the eastern frontier against the Partians.
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The wall marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain. Its massive length showed Rome's power.
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Hadrian went to Jerusalem and rebuilt the city since the First Roman-Jewish War left it in ruins. Hadrian named the city "Aelia Capitoline Jupiter Capitolinus" after himself and the king of the Roman gods.