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Rise to Power: Came to power following the Battle of Actium because he was seen as heroic; when he came home, he was made the first official Emperor of Rome
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Augustus commanded with Agrippa that a civil census be taken
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Rise to Power: Succeeded to emperorship a month after the death of Augustus
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Death due to illness
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Emperor Augustus was inducted into the Roman state for gods posthumously
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14-68 AD
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Tiberius rumored to have killed Germanicus by hired men
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Tiberius has Sejanus executed after he tries to take over power from Tiberius
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was the son of consul Gaius and was favored by emperors Augustus and Tiberius which allowed him to become consul at a young age
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Rise to Power: Welcomed by the Romans in after Tiberius, who was a boring and ineffective ruler, died
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Caligula gets sick and becomes permanently mentally unstable, unlike his fresh attitude that the Romans saw before his sickness; he becomes murderous and power-hungry
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Caligula leads a military troop to Britain/Gaul to seize it but stops before they can attack
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Caligula is murdered by associates after he became too power-hungry and began to have negative impact on Rome
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Claudius becomes emperor when Gaius was unexpectedly murdered and Claudius had lots of support from soldiers and courtiers
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Nero came to power following his mother’s murder of Claudius, his predecessor
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Some people believed Claudius was struck while watching actors but some Romans believe he was posined
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was sent from Rome to govern Lusitania
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Nero has his mother killed so he no longer has to be controlled by her
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Galba becomes the governor of nearer spain and served there for 8 years
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The Great Fire of Rome breaks out and Nero gives minimal aid in the situation, some blame him for the cause of the fire
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Cause: Unknown but it began in the section of homes of the lower classes
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After being declared an enemy, Nero fled Rome and committed suicide but left no heirs
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Ran a rebellion against Nero which caused him to commit suicide making Galba the new emperor.
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Otho joins the rebellion against Nero
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14-68 AD
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Galba was assassinated by his guards in the Roman Forum
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Otho became emperor after he organized a conspiracy against the guards who killed Galba
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committed suicide after his army was defeated at Bedriacum
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Vietllius was murdered by Vespasian's army
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Vespasian becomes emperor after Nero's death and is the founder of the Flavian dynasty
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69-96 AD
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Galba appointed him imperial governor of lower germany but the troops in Germany did not like Galba. However, the liked Vitellus and made him emperor and had support from all other armies
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Vespasian is Titus father and is in line to take it over
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Domitian comes to power after the death of his brother TItus
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Nerva served as Roman consul before becoming emperor
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Nerva was chosen to become an emperor following the murder of Domitian
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Domitian is murdered by two praetorian prefects
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69-96 AD
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96-180 AD
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The Praetorian Guard left Nerva greatly humiliated as they threatened execution for those involved in the murder of Domitian
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Died of natural causes, but it came shortly after being greatly humiliated
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Trajan came to power following the natural causes death of Nerva
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Trajan had the Praetorian Guards responsible for the murder during the time of Nerva executed
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Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to include the Parthian Empire but it would never expand any further
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Trajan died of natural causes
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Hadrian came into power after Trajan, his predecessor, died of natural causes
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Hadrian commissioned a wall to be built around the northern edge of the British area of the Roman Empire and it was known as Hadrian’s Wall
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Hadrian commissioned that the Pantheon be completely rebuilt after it had burned down
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Hadrian dies of political exhaustion
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96-180 AD
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