Compare And Contrast The Four Empires

The four rulers who came after Augustus, all either related to Augustus or his wife, made up the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The emperors of this dynasty had taken much of the senate’s power and established an imperial government that consisted of skillful, freed men. This way of ruling led to an increase in corrupt and selfish doings by the emperor. One ruler of this dynasty, Nero, murdered people that got in his way, which eventually led to a revolt by the Roman army and to Nero’s suicide in 68 C.E. Many years after the Julio-Claudian dynasty ended, the Pax Romana began in 96 C.E. The Pax Romana was a period of peace and prosperity in Rome that ended in 180 C.E. This time was especially notable for “the five good emperors.” These emperors were