Principate

monotheism. The Roman social class who is responsible for rise of Rome were the equites. According to “Class Structure in Ancient Roman”, “Certain political and quasi-political positions were filled by equites, including tax farming and, under the Principate, leadership of the Praetorian Guard.” It represents how equities are helping with the rise of Rome by controlling the economy to distribute towards their…

Sources say that Caligula had Tiberius's will nullified in regard to Tiberius Gemellus, but otherwise, it was left the same. When Caligula accepted the title of principate and entered Rome the crowd called him names such as “our star” and “our baby”. He is described as one of the most admired and loved by the citizens of Rome as he was the son of the beloved Germanicus and also because of the fact that he was not…

Tiberius also known as Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero, a former fleet captain for Julius Caesar. Tiberius’ mom was Livia Drusilla a beautiful woman who may have been only 13 years old when she gave birth to him in 42 BC. The elder Tiberius pledged his allegiance to Mark Anthony following the year of Caesars assassination. Unfortunately when Augustus began to feud with Mark Antony the elder Tiberius had to flee with his family. Over the course of a few years…

Although Rome and China were never in direct contact, they existed simultaneously in Eurasia at the beginning of the Christian era and both had numerous similarities as well as differences. China, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD, and Rome, which lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD, both had similar situations in their society in terms of how they utilized theologies for their rulers and used militaries for protection against enemies. However, Rome and China had two very different views of government…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, written in the sixteenth century, describes princedoms as well as preserving political power within those states. Machiavelli’s work not only had the intentions to inform but to please the ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de’ Medici, to whom the book was dedicated (39). With The Prince, Machiavelli had hopes to regain a position within the government. While he failed in reclaiming power, Machiavelli’s book became one of the most influential works on politics.…

Rome was a much more culturally tolerant empire than the Qin Dynasty, which was very culturally strict. In an edict of Augustus, written in 1 BCE, on the rights of the jewish people, he stated, “by the will of the people of the Romans, that the Jews shall use their own customs in accordance with their ancestral law, just as they used to use them in the time of Hyrcanus, the high priest of their highest god; and that their sacred offerings shall be inviolable and shall be sent to Jerusalem and…

The book adds much more detail about certain things in the government and what Augustus did. There was the creation of the principate, the praetorian guard and more that was neglected from in the video. When natural disasters happened, they wanted to give more power to Augustus but after he had more power and disasters happened he was forced to make decisions that not everyone…

If this is true, it suggests that during this early stage of the Principate that the office of equestrian was not considered pre-eminent such that a non-Roman (who had been granted Roman citizenship) might take an office and rank which would allow him to conduct business with some of the wealthiest people in the city of…

anecdotal evidence of my senator’s experience, in direct reference to the well recorded truth from many historical accounts, in particular those of Tacitus in his The Annals of Imperial Rome, c.100AD. Thus, the story of Tiberius initially refusing the principate of Augustus is used as a first-hand account, alongside the presentation of what appears to be contemporary gossip, but is in actuality steeped in a historical, factual…

Imperialism is a type of government that seeks to increase its size, either by forcing, or influencing other countries through war or politics, to submit to their rule1. Throughout history, empires have controlled large geographical areas and subjected numerous nations to their military power and rule. Imperial powers throughout history have used different justifications for expansion. The idea that ‘Imperialism has always been driven by economic or strategic needs’ is true for both the British…