The Early Emperors

Period Overview

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Emperor Nero

Life: AD 15 – 68 Nero Early Life Nero was born at Antium (Anzio) on 15 December AD 37 and was first named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the son …

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Emperor Claudius

Life: 10 BC-AD 54 Early Life of Claudius Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was born in Lugdunum (Lyon) in 10 BC as the youngest son of Nero Drusus (Tiberius’ brother) …

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Caligula

Emperor Caligula

Life: AD 12 – 41 Introduction: The Enigmatic Emperor Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of Germanicus (nephew of Tiberius) and Agrippina the elder and was born …

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Emperor Tiberius

Life: 42 BC-AD 37 Tiberius’s Early Life Tiberius was born in 42 BC, the son of the aristocratic Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. When he was two, his father …

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Emperor Augustus

Life: 63 BC – 14 AD Augustus’s Character and Appearance The future emperor Augustus was born into an equestrian family as Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 BC. …

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The Early Roman Emperors

Period: 23 BC – AD 96 Gaius Julius Octavius – “Augustus” Reign: 27 BC – AD 14 After the civil wars which brought Augustus to power, on the winning side …

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