Vol 3 Ep 42 - Ancient Rome: The Julio-Claudian Dynasty

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

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🗓️ 25 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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14 - 68 - Although we covered the life and reign of Augustus in previous episodes, we can now explore the reigns of emperors 2, 3, 4 and 5 as we find out more about the unpredictability of Rome deciding to go back to a monarchical constitution in order to regulate the powerful Roman Senate.

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0:00.0	This is the History of the World Podcast with me Chris Hasler
0:14.0	And you're listening to volume three, the classical world
0:19.0	episode 42
0:21.0	The Giulioio Claudian Dynasty. So, Augustus died in his bed at the age of 77 in the year 14 CE.
0:57.0	Augustus had done a good job as the first ever Roman Emperor.
1:01.0	His in statement into the role back in 27th, B.C.
1:05.8	had been deemed necessary to bring stability to a dysfunctional republic nation
1:11.6	where everyone was trying to clamber over their peers
1:14.8	to grab their right of control. With an emperor there was absolutely no doubt
1:21.4	about who was in control. One of the drawbacks regarding
1:25.6	emperors was that there was a vacuum to fill when that emperor died.
1:31.3	Augustus had brought a period of relative peace to Rome, so now Rome was looking for a new emperor,
1:39.2	when what actually they needed was a new Augustus.
1:44.8	Naturally it would seem reasonable that a power struggle would ensue at the death of the Emperor,
1:51.8	but the people of Rome were enjoying this new Pax Romana, a period of peace, so
1:57.9	it appears that nobody saw fit to challenge Augustus's choice of successor.
2:03.0	Augustus' choice was a man called Tiberius.
2:07.0	We spoke of Tiberius in episode 38 when describing the reign of Augustus.
2:12.0	Tiberius was highly regarded by when describing the reign of Augustus.
2:13.1	Tiberius was highly regarded by the Emperor Augustus,
2:16.5	and many years before he was obliged to marry Augustus' daughter,
2:20.8	despite apparently not wanting to divorce his previous wife, who he was in love with.
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