The Julio - Claudian emperors
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The Julio - Claudian emperors
（Classical world series）
Bristol Classical Press, 1989
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Includes bibliography
Description and Table of Contents
Description
'The dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero..are condemned to everlasting Infamy', wrote Gibbon. This 'infamy' has inspired the work of historians and novelists from Roman times to the present.
This book summarises political events during the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and the civil wars of the 'year of four emperors'. It considers too the extent to which social factors influenced the imperial household.
Assuming no knowledge of Latin and drawing on material including inscriptions and coins, literary history and the latest historical interpretations, the author presents a coherent account of the often apparently erratic actions of these emperors.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Stemmata
Map
Sources and Subject-matter
1. Politics under the Principate
2. Tacitus
3. Other Literary and Archaeological Sources
Tiberi us
4. The Accession
5. Germanicus and Drusus
6. Sejanus and the Power-Vacuum
7. The Aftermath of Sejanus: a Reign of Terror?
Caligula, Claudius and Nero
8. A New Gaius Julius Caesar
9. The Fall of Caligula
10. A Weak Emperor
11. Claudius and Agrippina
12. Nero's 'Five Good Years'
13. The Fire and its Aftermath
The Civil Wars
14. Power Passes to Sulpicius Galba
15. Galba's Failure and the Reign of Otho
16. A Military Coup: Vitellius
17. Vitellius Defeated
18. Legitimacy Restored: Vespasian in Control
Suggestions for Further Study
Suggestions for Further Reading
List of Latin Terms
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