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 Nero at the Roman Colisseum From a painting by Wilhwlm Peters, Norway. The good resolutions of Nero's early reign (54-68) were soon forgotten. Of course, with no higher power than himself, the world was to find out what chaotic human delusion is capable of. But Nero wasn't by himself, his wife Poppća was in no better shape. |
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Menu Forward Back |  Nero's death. |
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Menu Forward Back |  Vitellius Torn by the Mob From a painting by George Rochegrosse, French. The disposition left the Roman world headless, but not for long. The armies which in Gaul, Spain and in the East had declared him deposed, now each proclaimed its own general as emporer. The legions of Galba, the commander in Spain marched upon Rome, and the effeminate Romans hastened to declare Galb emperor. The Roman world had become a purely military autocracy in which the city could do nothing but accept the claims of the army. Because many soldiers were from various European nations, nothing but chaos could result. Having tasted their power, they presently slew Galba and made Otho emperor. But of neither one posterity has heard that an emperor thus named, existed. Well, they existed briefly, for Otho did not last either. The German army faction made Vitellius emperor. Galbo reigned 7 months, Otho 3 and Vitellius 8 months. - The eastern legions had declared Vespasian emperor; but they could not reach Rome as quickly as the others. Had Vitellius been a Roman citizen, things would have settled down, but he wasn't. After the eastern army had arrived, Vitellius was found sneaking through the streets, and the mob nearly tore him to pieces and he died. |
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 Vespasian Plans the Colisseum Painted by Paul Siberg at Rome. Vespasian (69-79) succeeded were the others failed. At the time of Nero he was a tyrant's general in Judea, inflicting terrible war aginst the Jews. He left to his son Titus the task of conquering Jerusalem in 70 AD. He was nearly 60 when made emperor and his last ten or eleven years sufficed to put Rome on a more enduring path. Instead of squandering Rome's wealth he used it in a building program to put Rome on the map to visit. His masterpiece was the colosseum. His time was that of Dio Chrysostom (born ca. 40 - ca. 120 AD). We are told, he arrived in Rome during the reign of Vespasian and adopted the Stoic-Cynic philosophy. He was banished from Italy and his homeland in AD 82, and wandered about the empire for 14 years. His exile ended in 96 AD, and thereafter, supported by the emperor Trajan (98-117), he devoted himself to propagating his philosophy in the form of discourses. They preached doctrines of individualism and personal salvation, i.e. personal concern; trying to save mankind in general was a matter of personal choice. They thought other to be in darkness and wanted to bring them light. They stressed the wise man's duty to tak care of himself and that reason (logos) was the all-pervading force in the universe, and attribute of both, God and man. In some ways, Greek philosophy had a slice of Jewish thinking and that is why many of their hard to pinpoint characters are seen to be Pseudo-Biblical-Characters. |
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Menu Forward Back |  The Eruption of Vesuvius From the painting by Hector Le Roux. In 79 AD Vesuvius woke up, lifted its head and shook Italy awake, except for Pompeii and Herculanum, they were buried and totally wiped out. |
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 The Games of Trajan A 19th century sketch of Circus Maximus. |
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