Emperor Of Rome: Rome's Future Emperor

Claudius, as emperor, was told it was politically necessary to have a partner, upon Messalina’s death, to help function and protect the Principate, one of few reasons for his marriage to Agrippina. It was Pallas who presented Agrippina’s case (as she was an eligible woman) convincingly. Claudius could not ignore her ambitious nature, the fact she was politically skilled, and importantly; a woman of the Julian bloodline. Agrippina’s motives were concentrated solely on herself, and her son, Nero. Agrippina married her uncle in hope that Nero would inherit the Principate. She wanted to promote her son to become emperor (Suetonius), and aspired for political power for herself in regards to the Principate and Claudius. The power gave her the ability to dispose of any enemies who got in her way.

Cleopatra is famously known as the beautiful female Egyptian pharaoh with great physical beauty and seductive skills. That is pretty much all what people know, but there is actually more to it. Cleopatra is one of the most famous female rulers in history. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt who ruled areas including Cyrus, Egypt, part of Libya, and other territories in the Middle East. The history of Cleopatra is well-known for what had happened before and during her reign, and her relationship with Caesar and Mark Anthony.

During Nero’s early life he lived a rough life for a period of time when his mother was banished and Nero had to go with her. Nero was born in 37 AD in a small town fifty miles away from Rome.(“Nero” 45) When Nero was two, his mother was banished by Caligula to the Pontian Islands, and his inheritance was then seized when his father died one year later.(“Nero Claudius Druses Germanicus”) After Caligula had died Nero and his mother were allowed to return to Rome. Nero was the son of Agrippina, the great-granddaughter of Augustus, who married emperor Claudius.(“Nero” 45) In AD 50, Agrippina persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero and make him his own son.(“Nero Claudius Druses Germanicus”) Claudius was so in love with Agrippina that he favored Nero over his own son. In AD 51,

Agrippina was furious Apparently she burst in on Tiberius to remonstrate about the affair when he was making a sacrifice to the deified Augustus

In 54 A.D. Nero became emperor of Rome after the death of Claudius, who was thought to have been poisoned by his wife Agrippina, who also happened to be Nero's mother. Nero's real name was Lucius, but his mother decided that Nero Claudius Caesar was more suitable so she got him to change it. Agrippina was always plotting in the background. As a wife of a former emperor and mother to the current one, she saw herself as a new version of Livia.

Nero : Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero took his familiar name when he was adopted at age 13 by his great-uncle, the emperor Claudius his father, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, had died when the future emperor was only 2. Nero’s mother, Agrippina the Younger, had married Claudius after arranging the death of her second husband and was the driving force behind her son’s adoption. She arranged for Nero to wed Claudius’ daughter Octavia in 53, further sidelining the emperor’s son Britannicus. Upon Claudius’ sudden death in 54—classical sources suggest Agrippina fed him poisoned mushrooms—the 17-year-old Nero ascended the

Nero was a highly influential Roman leader whose actions where both positive for the Roman Empire and also abused his power by doing negative actions in Rome. Nero was born to Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina, the great granddaughter of Augustus in 37 A.D, with the full name of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the last remaining direct male descendant of Augustus. Nero received a good education and was taught by Seneca. He studied Greek, philosophy and rhetoric. After Nero’s father, Gnaeus died in 48 A.D, his mother married her uncle, Claudius who at the time was the emperor. She manipulated Claudius to make Nero his successor instead of his son Britannicus, as well as give Nero his daughter, Octavia's hand in marriage in 50 A.D. In 54 A.D Claudius died, and Agrippina was suspected to have poisoned him. Nero took the throne soon after. Nero claimed that Britannicus had an epileptic seizure which caused his death, but historians believe that Nero poisoned him to get rid of competition.

In fact, Agrippina was the daughter of Claudius's brother, Germanicus and a sister of Gaius Caligula. Someone just believed that Agrippina exiled for involvement in the conspiracy of Gaetulicus; in addition, Agrippina married before, so she was second marriage with Claudius. The main point was the law should be changed to avoid consanguineous marriage because Claudius was Agrippina's uncle, which was really ridiculous of consanguineous marriage. Therefore, consanguineous marriage of Claudius could be the second the political invective. Furthermore, Claudius's marriage to Agrippina could be a disaster, especially in the Claudius's last years. The reason was Agrippina had powerful personality, and she wanted to dominate Claudius. If compared with Claudius's previous empress, Agrippina was the brightest because she was recognized by imperial politics, and Agrippina appeared in official coins and inscriptions. The powerful position of Agrippina could facilitate the advancement of her son Domitius, and Domitius could consolidate the status of Agrippina as well. In fact, Claudius had a natural son named Britannicus but he was still a minor, he was only 13 years old; Claudius really liked Britannicus, and then Claudius began to advance Domitius through various signs of favor. However, Claudius marked Domitius as his successor, he might be influence by Agrippina and had

A Roman Emperor was deemed the supreme leader that held absolute power, and was considered a God in the eyes of the citizens. They had control over absolutely everything and everyone as a Roman Emperor. (Roman Emperor 4) Before Rome was a made into a empire, it was a republic. A republic ruled by different branches in the government.

Nero, who took the throne after his mother poisoned Claudius, the current emperor, ruled from 54 to 68 AD. At first, Nero was the picture-perfect emperor. He lowered taxes, allowed more freedom to the Senate, granted permission to slaves who wanted to sue their unfair owners, and rid Rome of capital punishment. Eventually, Nero

Livia Drusilla or Julia Drusilla was one of the most influential women in Ancient Rome. She was born in 58 B.C.E. Before she was married to Augustus, Livia was married to Tiberius Claudius Nero. They had two kids, Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus. Tiberius would become the next emperor and Claudius’ son would proceed Tiberius. After the birth of Claudius, Livia divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married Augustus. Livia supported her new husband’s decisions and became one of his advisers. He trusted her with many decisions. So, it was advantageous marriage for the both of them. However, she was more concerned about the heir to the throne. Livia was determined that one of her sons would be the heir, even if there was better claims to the throne.

Julia Augusta Agrippina, or more commonly, Agrippina the Younger was a Roman empress consort and one of the most distinguished women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In her earlier years, Agrippina, as well as her mother and older brother, were remorsly mistreated by Emperor Tiberius, who was only a stepson of Augustus. She would have learned at her mother's knee to despise usurpers who were not direct descendants of Augustus. Historians have long suspected that a childhood spent steeped in fear and resentment may have driven Agrippina in her determination to rule rather than suffer the whims of a ruler. Agrippina the Younger has been described by both ancient sources and modern scholars as ruthless, aggressive, violent, and domineering. With

She was angered by the moderate advice of Nero’s advisors; his former tutor Seneca and the commander of Pretorian Guard, Burrus. Although Nero was the young emperor, Agrippina still had influence among the decisions he made and the actions he performed. Once Agrippina demanded Nero cease his affair with Claudia Acte, a former slave, he had no option but to banish his mother from the family place so her influence could not bother him any more (Richard A, 14-117 A.D.). In 55 A.D. Britannicus died, the day before he was to be proclaimed an adult (Thomas W, 1989). It is widely interpreted that Nero poisoned Britannicus, although Nero claimed that he died from a seizure (Pamela B, 1990). Nero’s murderous habit did not only stay with his non-immediate family. In 58 A.D. Agrippina was murdered at Nero’s command, as her influence towards his actions and her interference with his plans for Rome had become too much. This heinous display of power, ultimately highlights the immense anger and frustration Nero he felt towards his mother, and primary sources such as ‘The Annals, By Tacitus, Written 109 A.C.E., Book XIII’ confirm that once this act had been accomplished, Nero showed no remorse or

As Emperor Nero continued to rule new speculation formed that his mother was planning to overthrow him with his brother Britannicus who was the actual son of Emperor Claudius. This is because as his mother

During the Roman period, an emperor named Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE) also known to be the Roman historian Tacitus, was the person to rule the state through creating the title of the first citizen. According to the Myrian inscription they call him as ‘Divine Augustus Caesar’ that refers to the “son of a god, imperator of land and sea, the benefactor and saviour of the whole world (Achtemeier, Green, Thompson, 2001)”. Through his time of ruling in the world of Rome in the New Testament had comprise the empire through its bordering its lands within the Mediterranean starting from the coasts into Europe as far north as southern ends of Scotland and into Germany. There was a law for the citizens that they had to respect the related communities. Whereas,