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Caligula - The First Mad Emperor of Rome
Caligula (12-41 CE) was the third Roman emperor, who reigned from 37 to 41 CE. A member of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, he came to power after the death of his great-uncle Tiberius. The ancient sources claim...
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Caracalla
Caracalla was Roman emperor from 211 to 217 CE. Born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, he became co-ruler with his father in 198 CE and sole ruler after the death of his father in 211 CE and of his...
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Life of Emperor Titus #10 - The Good Emperor, Roman History Documentary Series
Emperor Titus was the first emperor to succeed his biological father on the imperial throne. He is considered to be one of the few good emperors. His short reign is best remembered...
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Macrinus
Macrinus was Roman emperor from April 217 to June 218 CE. It is a story that has been told countless times before - an emperor is assassinated leaving no heir or successor. On April 8, 217 CE Roman Emperor Caracalla was murdered, supposedly...
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Year of the Four Emperors - When Four Men Battled For Control of the Roman Empire
The Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE) was a brief period of political upheaval and civil war in the Roman Empire. In the aftermath of the death of Emperor Nero, four men – Galba...
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Justinian II
Justinian II “the Slit-nosed” ruled as emperor of the Byzantine Empire in two spells: from 685 to 695 CE and then again from 705 to 711 CE. It was after his first reign and prior to his exile that his nose was cut off by the usurper...
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Emperor Caligula #3 - The Mad Emperor
Emperor Caligula. At the end of March 37 AD, a solemn procession of soldiers walked along the Via Appia from Naples towards Rome. The gloomy Emperor Tiberius horror reign was finally over. The Roman Empire had...
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Emperor Claudius #4 - The Invalid Emperor
Emperor Claudius, he was probably the least likely male in the Julio-Claudian dynasty to become Emperor of Rome. However, due to the high mortality rate of males in the dynasty… he was proclaimed Emperor by...
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Emperor Galba #6 - The Oldest Emperor
Emperor Galba was the first Roman Emperor who was not from the Julio-Claudian dynasty. First Emperor of the Year of the Four Emperor... On this channel we focus on Roman History and right now we're doing a...
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire officially lasted from 962 to 1806. It was one of Europe’s largest medieval and early modern states, but its power base was unstable and continually shifting. The Holy Roman Empire was not a unitary state...