Social Hierarchies In Julius Caesar
Dr. Ng,
The question was about the form and function of social hierarchies in Roman society, and so I wanted to emphasize the freedmen status in view of Claudius the Emperor. He cared about the freedmen because the Senate was not care about him, and moreover, he was not expected to be an emperor due to lack of some good virtues and merits of being an emperor. Because of this, he was not considered as a perfect emperor like Augustus that he was the greatest one in the Roman Empire. Yet, Claudius tried to become an average emperor during his period of time, and he led the courts and was present during the court affairs to show how talented he was about legal issues. Since the Senate did not want his emperor, he preferred to use the freedmen
that were loyal and rich. Yes, he made a particular political point by using them such as, getting trusted, showing his merits that he already deserved being an emperor, and having some trusted people behind him to be supported by them. The traditional power of the Senate in this period already had its own power, but the Senate was some sort of not being used to Claudius because they thought that he did not deserve it, and he did not have some sort of merits and virtues to become an emperor, when they thought Augustus the Emperor, and the Senate looked like they did not want to act like Claudius instructed, although the principate was still in use that showed the political power of a Roman emperor. Overall, the senators during Claudius’ reign seemed that they did not want to cooperate with him.
The question was about the form and function of social hierarchies in Roman society, and so I wanted to emphasize the freedmen status in view of Claudius the Emperor. He cared about the freedmen because the Senate was not care about him, and moreover, he was not expected to be an emperor due to lack of some good virtues and merits of being an emperor. Because of this, he was not considered as a perfect emperor like Augustus that he was the greatest one in the Roman Empire. Yet, Claudius tried to become an average emperor during his period of time, and he led the courts and was present during the court affairs to show how talented he was about legal issues. Since the Senate did not want his emperor, he preferred to use the freedmen
that were loyal and rich. Yes, he made a particular political point by using them such as, getting trusted, showing his merits that he already deserved being an emperor, and having some trusted people behind him to be supported by them. The traditional power of the Senate in this period already had its own power, but the Senate was some sort of not being used to Claudius because they thought that he did not deserve it, and he did not have some sort of merits and virtues to become an emperor, when they thought Augustus the Emperor, and the Senate looked like they did not want to act like Claudius instructed, although the principate was still in use that showed the political power of a Roman emperor. Overall, the senators during Claudius’ reign seemed that they did not want to cooperate with him.