Chapter Sixty Seven: The Year of the Four Emperors
In 69AD four different men held the highest office in the Roman world... and they weren't sharing!!
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Chapter Sixty Six: From Hero to Nero
Power is dangerous in the hands of the very young. The sixteen year-old Nero is given absolute power. Oh dear!
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Chapter Sixty Five: Uncle Claudius
Things get a bit weird as the most unlikely candidate becomes emperor. The strangeness continues as he does a surprisingly good job. Shame about the wife, though!
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Chapter Sixty Four: Mr Grumpy and Mr Crazy!
The seamless transition is exactly that: seamless! The personal foibles of Augustus's successors, though, make for interesting times!
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Chapter Sixty Three: The Julio-Claudians
The succession has been on Augustus's mind from early in his tenure as emperor. Death, misfortune and exile intervene repeatedly as he has to modify his thinking over and over again.
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Chapter Sixty Two: The First Emperor
Octavian's political skills dovetail beautifully with the practical and organisation skills of Marcus Agrippa. Bye bye Republic; hello Emperor Augustus Caesar!
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Chapter Sixty One: Antony and Cleopatra
Who will come out on top? Will it be Caesar's right hand man or Caesar's adopted heir? And what part will the Eastern Queen play?
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Chapter Sixty: Et Tu Brute
They're all there: Et tu Brute; I came, I saw I, conquered, etc etc. Julius Caesar rises like a supernova and then disappears with a bang.
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