Augustus caesar, emperor tiberius, emperor gaius caligula, emperor claudius and emperor nero. The julioclaudian dynasty was the first roman imperial dynasty, consisting of the first five emperorsaugustus, tiberius, caligula, claudius, and nero or the family to which they belonged. This is another in the excellent classical world series printed by bristol classica press. They ruled the roman empire from its formation under augustus in 27 bc until ad 68 95 years, when the last of the line, nero, committed suicide. This infamy has inspired the work of historians and novelists from roman times to the present. Augustus laid down the ground rules for a princeps, and the ess see more. Nero was born on december 15, 37 ce and, following the death claudius on october, 54 ce, nero was immediately hailed as his successor, with the senate unanimously voting in his favor. A better title might be the julioclaudian dynasty, as the book contained a lengthy history of the time before caligula was born. The roman emperors of the julioclaudian dynasty, the original imperial family of rome. Julioclaudian emperors by thomas wiedemann, 9781853991172, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The history was originally composed of 18 books, of which 16 are. The book is a biography and history of the life and reign of nero, emperor of the roman empire. The julioclaudian emperors of ancient rome were from the family of julius caesaror rather his sister julia, and that of the first husband of the wife of augustus caesar, tiberius claudius nero. The julioclaudians, flavians, and 5 good emperors flavians, and 5 good emperors classical world series 1st by wiedemann, thomas isbn.
The dark, unrelenting tiberius, the furious caligula, the fee. The roman empire under the julioclaudian dynasty springerlink. The julioclaudian succession reality and perception of the. Even so, i experienced little disappointment, as the author has created an excellently written history. About julioclaudian emperors the dark, unrelenting tiberius, the furious caligula, the feeble claudius, the profligate and cruel neroare condemned to everlasting infamy, wrote gibbon.
The julioclaudian emperors by thomas wiedemann goodreads. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. This book covers, in fewer than 100 pages, a broad outline of rome under the julioclaudian emperors. The dark, unrelenting tiberius, the furious caligula, the feeble claudius, the profligate and cruel nero are condemned to everlasting infamy wrote gibbon. A roman odyssey by jasper burns, severance by robert olen butler, tiberi. After her husband drususs death in 9 bc she refused to remarry despite augustuss urging he preferred to have all the women in the imperial family married to political allies. The work contained 18 or 16 books and was probably begun during trajans reign and completed early in hadrians reign.
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