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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Augustus, Octavian
• Laws banning gambling, drinking, idleness, and divorce.
• A great Roman Emperor
Caligula
• Appointed horse consul.• Killed w/o remorse.• Believed himself to be
above the laws of normalcy and decency.
Claudius• Defeated the
Celts• Married his own
niece, Agrippina, who had him murdered.
• To maintain power, had his mother and wife murdered.
• Persecuted the Christians.
• Blamed for the burning of Rome in 64 a.d.
• In the final years, was a drunk, spent tons of money, and made enemies in the Senate.
• Committed suicide
Vespasian
• Built the Roman Coliseum
• Destroyed the city of Jerusalem
Hadrian
• Built a wall in Briton separating the Romans from the barbarians.
• Made it illegal for master to put slaves to death.
Marcus Aurelius
• Loved philosophy and wrote “Meditations.”
• Devoted to the Roman Empire.
Commodus
• Poor ruler, spent all of his time at the games.
• Was killed at a bathhouse by a wrestler, strangled.