Monday, January 4, 2010

Notes - Chapt 5 - Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus

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The Praetorian guard, since the time of Augustus, had served the emperor as a private army. Now being a very powerful 'king-maker', ...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

Notes - Chapt 4 - The Cruelty, Follies and Murder of Commodus

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Gibbon recounts some of the virtues of Marcus Aurelius, and comments that Commodus was too young when his father made him emperor at 15. Upo...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Year of the Five Emperors (193) and Severan dynasty (193 - 235)

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18.  Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax) 192 - 193 - was born on Aug 1, 126 in Alba Pompeia (modern Alba) in north western Italy - he served...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Age of the Antonines (96 - 192 AD)

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12. Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva) 96 - 98 was born in the village of Narni, about 50 kilometers north of Rome on Nov 8, 30 AD - he had been ...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Year of the Four Emperors (68 - 69 AD) and Flavian Dynasty (69 - 96 AD)

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6.  Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) 68 - 69 AD was born on Dec 24, 3 BC near Terracina which is 56 km south-east of Rome - after a successfu...

Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC - 68 AD)

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0.  Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) 59 - 44 BC - born in Rome July 13, 100 BC he was a politician and general and formed the first Trium...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

Notes - Chapt 3 - The Constitution of the Roman Empire - Age of the Antonines

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Gibbons proceeds to set forth the manner in which the Roman Empire was governed. He defines a monarchy as a state in which one supreme leade...