CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Palatine Hill, Extreme Measures, Caligula

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Member of the claudii, family goes back hundred of years with republican position. Tiberius tries to get senators involved in making decision, but the senators are committed to the. People at this point are no longer important. Starting with first emperor, emperors put forward candidates to be elected. Trials of people who have overstepped themselves, they lose their wealth, property, and lives. There are a lot of plots going on at this time. At the end of his reign, he gets fed up and leaves. Lives on the island of capri, in the bay of naples. He is so fed up with political life and political treasons. Tiberius does not have a son (drusus eliminated for treason) A lot of the emperors and the julian-claudian house are as related to marc anthony as julius. Caligula is son of great general, grandson of tiberius" brother. Caligula: small version of boots worn by the soldiers.