SejanusLucius Aelius Sejanus (20 BC – October 18‚ AD 31)‚ commonly known as Sejanus‚ was an ambitious soldier‚ friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. An equestrian by birth‚ Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard‚ known as the Praetorian Guard‚ of which he was commander from AD 14 until his death in AD 31.While the Praetorian Guard was formally established under Emperor Augustus‚ Sejanus introduced a number of reforms which saw the unit evolve beyond a mere
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Emperor Trajan‚ and Suetonius got jobs in the government as: • State Librarian – which would have given him control over Rome’s 7 great libraries • Secretary of Studies – whose job it was to organise and supply the emperor with documents from the imperial archives (with which he must have become intimately familiar) • Under Hadrian‚ he was made the Emperor’s Secretary‚ but was dismissed in ad119 – ostensibly for behaving ‘with greater familiarity than the etiquette of the court required’ in his relations
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elude us. Gaius’s Early Life and Reign Gaius was born on 31 August‚ A.D. 12‚ probably at the Julio-Claudian resort of Antium (modern Anzio)‚ the third of six children born to Augustus’s adopted grandson‚ Germanicus‚ and Augustus’s granddaughter‚ Agrippina. As a baby he accompanied his parents on military campaigns in the north and was shown to the troops wearing a miniature soldier’s outfit‚ including the hob-nailed sandal called caliga‚ whence the nickname by which posterity remembers him.[[2]] His
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first known as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. His father was Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and his mother was Agrippina the younger. At the age of two his mother was banished by Caligula to the Pontian Islands. Then when Claudius became emperor he recalled Agrippina the younger back from exile. She married Claudius‚ and her son received a better education by becoming the student of Annaeus Seneca. The marriage also changed his name to Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. In October 54 AD Claudius died from
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These imperial women are powerful‚ scheming‚ erratic‚ dangerous women who are not technically in power‚ but heavily advise those who are. Messalina is an example of these women. She was an imperial Roman lady‚ a great nymphomaniac‚ who used sexual favours and blackmail to keep her senators loyal. ‘She bore him two children‚ but then lost interest in Claudius
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emperor of Rome‚ stole the money he should have inherited‚ exiled his mother‚ Agrippina the Younger‚ and sent him off to live with his aunt‚ Domitia Lepida. Domitia Lepida had Nero stay in poverty‚ with a dancer and barber as friends and tutors
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December AD 37. He was born with the name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus before he became Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. His Mother was Agrippina the Younger‚ the niece of the previous emperor Claudius (“Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus”). Agrippina‚ the mother of Nero‚ ruled for a little bit because Nero was too young to rule over the Roman Empire. When Agrippina came to power she didn’t want to relax because she wanted to get back at all the rivals she has had before she took the throne. Her list
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Aspect Quote Book/Description Author Modern/Ancient Role of imperial women A strong-minded woman was also able to influence general aspects of an emperor’s policy… in a very sense‚ the domestic history of the period is the history of those women. Women and Politics in Ancient rome Bauman Modern Through marriage and children‚ these women often had significant political influence. Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Ancient History Robert Skinner Modern Marriages - Ahenobarbus a man who
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nickname "Caligula" (meaning "little soldier’s boot"‚ the diminutive form of caliga‚ hob-nailed military boot) from his father’s soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania. When Germanicus died at Antioch in AD 19‚ his wife Agrippina the Elder returned to Rome with her six children where she became entangled
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During the first three hundred years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus
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