Notes on Roman Leaders:

• Rome is the largest its ever been under the rule of Augustus.
• He rules under the government Principate
• His famous statue is the Prima Porta
• Dolphin is the symbol of Venus
• Augustus is the son of Caesar.
• Augustus dies without an heir.
• Tiberius succeeds Augustus. He is somewhat of a cruel leader.
• After Tiberius, comes in Caligula (Gaius). He was a whack job. He had sexual realtions with his own sister.
• Gaius was indeed assassinated. Claudius now becomes the leader.
• Claudius is shy and socially akward. His reign doesn't last long and Nero becomes ruler.
• Nero, as Gaius was, is a whack job himself. He was a obese, sickly looking man. He burned down Rome because he wanted to build a park.
• Nero commits suicide, and he says "the world is loosing a great artist".
• For good year or so, no one is incharge. The man who comes into command is Vespasian. He's a no nonsense, military man. Titus is his son who takes over.
• Titus built the Flavian Coliseum is place of the statue of Nero that he knocked down. Titus also had an Arch built for him in support of his military campaign.
• The temple of Jerusaelm is destroyed by Titus. The "Wailing Wall" is what is left of the temple.
• Domitian is Titus' son and he is tough and cruel. Roman baths were the health clubs of the ancient world. Domitian was assassinated.
• Nerva is considered a "good emporer". He chooses Trajan to lead. (He looks like Moe from The Three Stooges)
• Trajan has a column dedicated to his army after going to war with the Dacians.
• There were two major libraries of Rome: The Greek and The Latin Libraries.
• Hadrian was choosen next. He was a poet, philosophers, travler, and loved the arts. If I were to live in Rome, I would want to live under Hadrian's rule.