Caligula

1.1 Briefly outline the three Jewish revolts. Where and when did they occur? The first Jewish revolt happened in 40, when Gaius Caligula demanded that his statue be instituted in the Jerusalem Temple. Gaius Caligula was one of Rome’s less skilled rulers. It happened in Rome, when all the Jews came with their petitions not to force them to make them disobey and disrupt their family code. The Roman people did not think of the people as threatening people. In 65, over 2,700,000 men took part in the…

witnessed in Acts 26 and the grandson of Herod the Great who was made infamous by his slaughter of babies to eliminate a potential threat to his reign. Agrippa I spent several years in Rome where he became friends with Caligula who later became emperor. His friendship with Caligula eventually won him his appointment in Judea. Caligula’s instability and cruelty are well documented in history. It was Agrippa’s relationship to this cruel and ruthless leader that gained him power and position.…

Scholar Tamsyn Barton continues with a critical examination of Suetonius, declaring that the ancient historian was more of a rhetorician than a non-biased scholar. Throughout her essay “The inventio of Nero: Suetonius,” Barton points out Suetonius employed a known rhetorical mode of writing, which was used for criticizing politicians in ancient Rome. Therefore, the people of Rome would have understood Suetonius’ words were not meant to be taken as factual information on the emperors’ lives.…

next four emperors; Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Until this point these emperors were known as the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. This was due to the last name. They were either from the Julio or Claudian family by birth or adoption. Caligula became well-known for is depravity and insanity. In the beginning of his rule he was commendable and so was his successor Claudius. Claudius took over Britian and expanded Rome’s territory. Nero did not fare as well. Claudius and Caligula were both…

In my empathetic response I have written from the perspective of a Roman senator who lived and served during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. The response is intended to have been an extract from the autobiography of my senator, as an impression of Tiberius from contemporary sources, though coloured by the influence of more modern findings. The identity of my senator is important in understanding his stance on the attitudes concerning Tiberius held by the general public, and to this end I have…

the Jews. For more than six decades these anti-Roman rebels were active. As a result, the Great Revolt was instigated. The rebels believed that any means necessary were justified to attain political and religious liberty. The leadership of emperor Caligula, the Jews' anti-Roman feelings were seriously challenged. He declared himself to be a goddess and demanded his statue to be set up at every temple in the Roman Empire. The Jews, alone in the empire, refused the order. They would not defile…

extravagance and that one living under the Sextii philosophy, they should also avoid politics. Seneca wrote as a philosopher but was often ridiculed for being a hypocrite for his lifestyle. Seneca began his disfavor by Romes emperors by defaming Caligula in his writings and opinions. This disfavor carried over to Claudius, in part by having an adulterous affair with one of his nieces for which he was then banished, but then by writing Pumpkinification while he was Nero's tutor. Seneca was…

Emperor Nero Around 54 AD, the Roman empire was enjoying the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace, a time when outside enemies were not a threat and the arts flourished. However, this peace did not last long when Emperor Nero came into the picture. Emperor Nero was the most destructive of the ancient Roman emperors of the Julian-Claudian dynasty. The Julian-Claudian dynasty was filled with exceptional and disastrous rulers, but Nero stood out in his lasting negative effects. Julius Caesar was the first…

world. The Roman Empire was founded in 27 BC., when Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was given the title of Augustus, making him the first Emperor of Rome. Gaius Julius established the Julio-Claudian dynasty who consisted of: Gaius Julius, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Augustus and Tiberius involved more aristocratic control in the Roman government, which led to an imbalance of power between the Senate and the aristocracy. Tiberius relied heavily on diplomacy…

John Hurt, The Elephant Man, John Hurt passed away , at 77 after a fight against pancreatic cancer The man in “The Elephant Man”, the addict Max in “Midnight Express”, the despicable Caligula in “I, Claudius”, the astronaut Kane in “Alien” and Garrick Olivander in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” died with his boots on, in his home in Norfolk, with his recent paper as father Richard McSorley in “Jackie”, with two unreleased movies and an unfinished project about the life and…