The Roman Empire The Roman Empire, a book written by Colin Wells, depicts the different phases of the Roman Empire through the discussion of its administration and emperors. ... The government had drastic uprisings, and, in many cases, the corrupted Senate would provoke a chain of unpleasant events. ... Augustus's work created the foundation of the Roman government. ... Following this battle since Nero was dead, the Senate offered Rufus the title of principate. ... The praetorians killed Galba, and now Otho began to gain the confidence of the Senate and Rome. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the first and second centuries, the women of the imperial family of the Roman Empire had a difficult role to play. ... On this side the inscription reads AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER EX S C, which gives Agrippina's title as the wife of the divine Claudius and the mother of Nero, and proclaims that the coin was minted by decree of the senate. ... It is an example of a fairly standard practice in the Roman empire in which the new emperor shows respect for the previous emperor. ... On the reverse is a depiction of her riding in the funerary chariot pulled by elephants, ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the help of Egypt, Vespasian continued to fight Vitellius until December of the same year, when the senate declared him the emperor of Rome. ... Another good thing he did was purify the senate and equestrian ranks. ... He was brought up with a Britannicus, who was one of the sons of Claudius, the Roman emperor. ... He feared the senate and often accused them of conspiracy. ... The Flavian dynasty ruled the Roman Empire, one of the greatest largest empires of all history, from 69 AD to 96 AD....

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• Grade Level: High School

This was something that the entirety of the Roman Empire did not know about him. ... On the 28th of March, 37 AD, Caligula was given absolute power of the empire by the roman senate. ... Caligula was arguably the worst Roman emperor in history, and possibly the worst ruler of all time. ... Caligula's attitude towards gore actually made him a popular emperor at the start of his rein of the Roman Empire. ... His popularity with the roman people was evident when Caligula fell ill early on in his regime; anxious crowds of Romans besieged the palace all night (Tranquillus 155). ...

• Word Count: 2411
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate