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What sort of men were the Roman emperors (and were each of them men)? What history and training, if any, prepared them for their awesome tasks? What depravities performed they display? And what achievements can they claim: laws exceeded, monuments built, lands and peoples conquered? Dive into these questions and much more with this launch to the complicated personalities of emperors such as Augustus, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. These thirty-six gripping lectures bring to life the countless emperors of Rome from the convert of the 1st hundred years to the transition to the center Age ranges. For more than five centuries, these emperors-a checkered mix of the sensible, the brutal, and the unhinged-presided on the multi-ethnic empire that was practically always at battle. Professor Fagan goes deep into ancient Rome, requesting: How performed this technique of rule come about? What did it replace? And who have been the colourful, cruel, and crafty men who stuffed the almost omnipotent post of emperor? Probably one of the most intriguing questions about the emperorship is why it endured for such a long time. As you witness the reigns of the successive rulers unfold, you will see the way the office advanced with the political forces that sustained it, becoming more and more tightly bound to the military services. Each step toward despotism was taken with a view toward expedience. However when that step became the new normal, it paved the way for the next phase, and so on. When you explore these questions, you can also examine the amalgam of eyewitness information, later compilations, archaeological remains, and inscriptions on monuments and cash. Contemporary accounts, when available, are not always to be respected, therefore you play the role of detective, sifting for the truth of the spellbinding era.

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Publisher	The Great Courses
Language	English
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DATE	2013-07
Author	The Great Courses

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