https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1 daily 1.0 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1701759047814-BSAVIX2LNHUDEAWXZP9E/IMG_3402.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/how-did-the-romans-reform-their-government monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/e9296c16-85ec-4958-9154-95b5c1c63d23/IMG_3611.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - How Did the Romans Reform Their Government? (PART I) - Make it stand out Random photo I took of half-missing inscription that we’ll pretend has relevance to this blog post. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/rome-trip-2 monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/fun-with-latin-2-time-to-march monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/670b5960-d60e-47d2-a07f-16f472f304db/IMG_2217+2.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - FUN WITH LATIN #2: TIME TO MARCH! - Make it stand out The Roman general Germanicus. He was kind of a big deal. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/fun-with-latin-1-fun-with-sand monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/11f64838-5deb-47eb-bdd8-515bf769e742/585566806_10162111025327993_5469636870496878201_n.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - FUN WITH LATIN #1: FUN WITH SAND - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/happy-lemuria-no-its-not-about-lemurs monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/c1e5faf7-a46c-43a2-abd2-b9a3d9be56ba/496417875_10161313416037993_3363965218094625465_n.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - HAPPY LEMURIA! (NO IT’S NOT ABOUT LEMURS) - Make it stand out Bronze oil lamps recovered from Pompeii. The figures on left and right represent the home’s lares. The figure in the center is the goddess Fortuna. From the Capitoline Museum in Rome. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/april-21st-a-date-to-remember monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9604dd7f-f187-4467-93a4-23c44185a52b/508DCE58-BF5C-43F5-83E7-EFFDC449678E_1_201_a.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - APRIL 21st: A DATE TO REMEMBER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/f1655beb-8438-49df-82a3-bb8dae40fd50/33779FBF-595D-49CE-81DB-D1EAA1823C51_1_201_a.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - APRIL 21st: A DATE TO REMEMBER - Make it stand out A tourist checks her phone in St. Peter’s Square https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/happy-terminalia monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1890fbc4-3bb4-4033-bd45-1426cba10931/IMG_0829.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HAPPY TERMINALIA! - Make it stand out Disclaimer: not actual boundary marker. Just a rock I took a picture of for some reason. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-fall-of-rome-are-we-next-um-maybe monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7c918c23-d7f0-40f9-b37e-f00b2fa3d429/BD7FA110-E0F9-4D13-9731-1A4F528A3322.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL OF ROME”: PART IV - ARE WE NEXT? UM … MAYBE - Make it stand out Hey ChatGPT … generate an image of Washington DC in 5,000 years, showing decay and overgrowth. Oh .. ok … I see we’ve built a second Capitol in that time. Cool, cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ff15ed66-bd47-489e-8f2d-b89260dfa9b8/640px-Occupy_May_Day_2015_%2817310474376%29.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL OF ROME”: PART IV - ARE WE NEXT? UM … MAYBE - Make it stand out From a 2015 Occupy May Day protest in New York. The broader Occupy Wall Street movement brought awareness to the wealth disparity between the 1% and the 99%. (© 2015 All-Nite Images. License) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/0ae0c509-c90c-446b-8d5e-9b3e7d989b66/US_immigration_FE.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL OF ROME”: PART IV - ARE WE NEXT? UM … MAYBE - Make it stand out Immigration to the U.S. by country in 2022. (License) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/d7272bb7-e66e-4786-8b67-76040f74a76f/Screenshot+2025-02-17+at+5.44.13%E2%80%AFAM.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL OF ROME”: PART IV - ARE WE NEXT? UM … MAYBE - Make it stand out Immigration to the U.S. by country in 2022. (License) https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-fall-of-rome-part-iii-why-well-be-fine monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/e00d283e-3821-4da5-ba72-c2e3ecfc063f/3.png Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/dbe24a66-a247-4b99-a885-45cfbe866d11/Screenshot+2024-12-21+at+8.04.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Mosaic of the emperor Justinian I. He reigned in the 6th century and was notable for retaking North Africa from the Vandals, virtually depopulating the city of Rome with the devastating Gothic Wars, ordering the slaughter of 30,000 sports fans in Constantinople’s Nika Riots, and, oh yeah, codifying a bunch of laws which is why we remember him today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/32ad5c66-38e8-4a52-a4e6-57277e588c8a/fed94749-b9f0-46a9-8a3f-ed2440293e36.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Comparing the Roman institution of slavery to that of the United States’ between the 15th and 19th centuries probably isn’t as useful as we think. It would be easy to conclude that Roman slaves had the better deal since they could purchase their freedom with the scraps of money they were allowed to keep or could be manumitted (freed) in the master’s will when he passed (this also happened in America). The idea that ‘city slaves’ in Rome were treated better than ‘country slaves’ has some merit, but those in the rural areas vastly outnumbered those in the cities. Don’t be fooled. Slavery was a vile institution then, a vile institution in the 19th century, and remains a vile, and regrettably persistent, one today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/68eeec37-6464-44f6-b763-34a0bfb52ef2/view-ancient-roman-gladiator-woman.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Sure, it’s an AI-generated image, and its placement in this article is suspect, but it shows that not all women in the empire were prostitutes or matrons working the loom at home. Some fought as gladiators. Many cultures saw women in combat roles, including the Teutons, Celts, Palmyrans and Amazons. Fulvia, the one-time wife of Marc Antony, led a revolt against Octavian (the future Augustus Caesar), or so some scholars believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/769c3aa2-780b-46c8-9736-380984736588/ancient-roman-bath-with-sunlight-streaming-through-columns-symbolizing-history-relaxat.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Rome was a cultural melting pot, the likes of which had never been seen. This melange was on prominent display at the public baths, a daily visit to which was de rigeur for most Romans. These sprawling, ornate facilities often allowed men and women to bathe nude together and saw people from all ethnicities and social statuses hang out to discuss business, exercise, read, or get a little lovin’ in a backroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/731eae72-a833-461f-a764-f8674e453427/ancient-roman-bathhouse-patrons-bathhouse-detailed-roman-architecture-historical-bath-scene-r.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out Another image of the baths which aren’t mentioned anywhere in the text of this article? Yeesh … looks like someone is struggling to find images! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/567de9f1-295d-49d2-a552-6be71e335e25/Screenshot+2023-07-26+at+9.57.12+PM.png Speaking of Rome ... - The “FALL” OF ROME: PART III - ARE WE NEXT? NAH … - Make it stand out A cheeky statement from my favorite ancient Rome YouTuber, Generic History Videos. Check out his channel. Pull up a chair because his videos are in-depth, impeccably researched and riveting. I would like to help him with his production values, tho … https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-fall-of-rome-a-skeptical-view-part-ii-the-meaning-of-rome monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/b560e6f1-dae6-4c2c-8162-d90e6e441381/bc866df74752fb89d16c40a9a305a7f7cad004658ff5b5ca7ce425696d56d62b.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART II - THE MEANING OF “ROME” - Make it stand out How it might have gone down in 1912 on a beach at Lemnos. (AI - duh) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/960d9d06-f5ea-46aa-a9f5-3bd2aff277ac/Rhine+and+Danube.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART II - THE MEANING OF “ROME” - Make it stand out The Germanic invasions that disrupted the Roman Empire were led by tribes from East of the Rhine (purple arrow) and north of the Danube (in red). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/75a2cb12-c081-411e-8504-df17dcab943d/chaotic-scene-roman-city-attack-with-fire-blazing-background-people-fleeing-panic.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART II - THE MEANING OF “ROME” - Make it stand out While this AI-generated image certainly doesn’t capture the sack of Rome accurately, the chaos it conveys probably isn’t far off the mark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/6451d43b-74d6-4f96-b57a-d05b3ec68e47/IMG_2736.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART II - THE MEANING OF “ROME” - Make it stand out Head and hand from 4th century AD bronze colossus of Constantine I. The head alone measures nearly 6 feet. The orb accompanied the statue and symbolized power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/c096886e-bc10-4ee2-a6d7-3e9d80924fe5/IMG_2872+2.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART II - THE MEANING OF “ROME” - Make it stand out The Column of Phocas is proof that Rome didn’t cease to exist in 476 AD. The last monument erected in the Roman Forum, it was dedicated in 608 AD to the Byzantine emperor of the same name who, notably, also donated The Pantheon to the Catholic Church. This gift is a chief reason The Pantheon remains mostly intact and amazes visitors to this day. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-fall-of-rome-a-skeptical-view-part-i-anatomy-of-a-fall monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7f9e6d7f-e698-4b86-aa90-2f29685695b4/2151664771.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Hard to tell if this is a scene of Greek or Roman ruin. Since it's AI-generated, though, I'll designate it as Roman. I will not be taking questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/14e9ebf1-3d6b-4fb7-95ea-b469beb94914/burning-building-columns-roman-forum-rome-italy.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out It's disingenuous to include all these AI-generated images of Roman destruction, because when Rome "fell," it didn't really go down like this. But they're pretty cool, regardless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ec65076e-3563-421e-a87b-827e2bea21ed/Screenshot+2024-10-01+at+11.44.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Map of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the early 2nd century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/30d26469-7955-479b-a7b4-af1b8d44b4ec/Image.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Honorius was arguably the most useless ruler in Rome's long history. He cared far more for his pet birds, particularly the chickens, than he did for the vast empire he ruled. His neglect caused irreparable damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7e2c5275-6628-4a18-a465-b21b4edbcd53/tortoise-ruins-roman-forum-rome-italy.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Hey AI: show me a turtle in some Roman ruins. Why not? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/4e8e1056-991b-4677-9922-965bb532df75/Screenshot+2024-10-01+at+11.40.16%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Atilla, leader of the Huns and the so-called "Scourge of God." Why the long face, Atilla? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7bb9a608-d5b9-4a05-a014-4c4d5104e01b/natural-vaccination-contagious-disease-sick-child-with-chickenpox.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out Depressing, if AI-generated, depiction of a kid with measles, a possible cause of the 2nd century Antonine Plague. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/6297aa97-9860-437b-91c9-3a6361e92698/apocalyptic-war-zone-landscape-with-destruction.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE “FALL” OF ROME: PART I - ANATOMY OF A FALL - Make it stand out In 476 AD, I doubt there were any domes like the one depicted here, but play along with me as I use the hell out of my 1-month license of AI-generated images. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/romes-bad-boy-clodius-pulcher-part-ii monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a0e7df36-4970-4a8c-929d-fa7611f6e002/cicero-marcus-tullius-65e4dc.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - PART II - Make it stand out Marcus Tulius Cicero, famed orator, politician, executioner, exile and all-around self-absorbed guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7a4eed25-189a-4d7d-b7f6-ae4d87aebf01/Milo.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - PART II - Make it stand out Couldn't find any decent public domain images of Milo, so here's an artist's representation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7a602852-b1d1-4c3a-ba31-6bc4326ea74a/ruins-of-the-circus-of-bovillae-f09e9e.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - PART II - Make it stand out Ruins of Bovillae, a town a few miles from Rome, which earlier was the location of Clodius Pulcher's murder at the hands of Milo's gang. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/clodius-pulcher-part-i monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ac813aac-7c46-430b-8f31-1523801a5dd1/Clodius_killed+2.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - Part I - Make it stand out I'm getting ahead of myself showing the death of Clodius, but , hey, he lived 2,000 years ago - of course he's dead! It'll have to do since there are vanishingly few images available of this scoundrel. By Silvestre David Mirys - Creative Commons (Public Domain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/df4cd778-9d47-400f-8def-2e7a7fee88f8/clodius-pulcher-dressed-as-a-woman-introduces-himself-into-the-house-of-julius-5387ec-640.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - Part I - Make it stand out Image from the 14th century sports the era’s style, depicting Clodius in drag (blue.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9bd57ee8-c712-40bd-a790-52471d7ce507/Screenshot+2024-06-10+at+10.08.08%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME’S BAD BOY: CLODIUS PULCHER - Part I - Make it stand out Roman general Lucullus in a remarkably accurate depiction. At least as far as you know. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/what-did-the-romans-call-44-bc monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ce574e31-52db-4615-9ef8-a30b7f3b48ae/IMG_2149.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - WHAT DID THE ROMANS CALL 44 BC? - Make it stand out DICT. PERPETVO - Dictator in perpetuity. That is, dictator for life, a life which ended shortly after he received that title. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/happy-new-year-plebs monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/b456ee55-041e-4631-a738-52957b967fb6/janus-coin-71c2ff.png Speaking of Rome ... - HAPPY NEW YEAR, PLEBS! - Make it stand out Coin depicting Janus, famously two-faced but probably not in the way your middle school friend was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/38bf207b-f3c7-4159-ad77-c9f7bcf8e6b4/IMG_3140.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HAPPY NEW YEAR, PLEBS! - Make it stand out Doors to Hadrian’s Mausoleum (aka Castel Sant’Angelo). Stands to reason Janus is god of these, too. Props to Rome Photo Fun Tours for pointing out this shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/84c6c82d-52ae-4eec-ae72-f32522f01dee/IMG_3614.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HAPPY NEW YEAR, PLEBS! - Make it stand out The Tomb of Caecilia Metella, built late 1st century BC to honor the wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus served alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great in the first triumvirate. It’s conceivable her family came here on New Year’s to honor her memory. I have no idea if that’s accurate, but humor me and imagine it anyway. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/should-you-eat-babies-during-saturnalia monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/e36f43a7-a12a-435c-ac12-888c232b7949/saturnalia-by-antoine-callet-368510.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - SHOULD YOU EAT BABIES DURING SATURNALIA? - Make it stand out Saturnalia (1783) by Antoine Callet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/13191b28-904d-41af-9b85-46f684a223a4/IMG_2878.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - SHOULD YOU EAT BABIES DURING SATURNALIA? - Make it stand out The scant remains of the Temple of Saturn at the Roman Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/4b14570a-b786-4692-b816-6e15ebf23b80/macrobius-saturnalia-florence-bml-plut-6536-1026c6.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - SHOULD YOU EAT BABIES DURING SATURNALIA? - Make it stand out Saturnalia by Macrobius, the most complete work we have on the festival, though it still lacks many details about how it was celebrated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/34413534-38ca-4eaa-be9f-6ef720381b9f/john-reinhard-weguelinthe-roman-saturnalia-1884-5b0a7c.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - SHOULD YOU EAT BABIES DURING SATURNALIA? - Make it stand out Been there, brother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/638cbecd-2b06-4e48-9e47-51a66c0c13b4/ivy-holly-plant-nature-landscapes-ff77eb.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - SHOULD YOU EAT BABIES DURING SATURNALIA? - Make it stand out Pretty lame photo of holly and ivy. Hey, what do you expect from the public domain? https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/m1lavuut13v27duivpzqxoeb664jb6 monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1702401192096-CS1H1LQ6QSYAY15D4QU0/Nerva.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS - NERVA Nerva (r. 96 AD - 98 AD) was the first of the so-called Five Good Emperors, a series of rulers who chose their successors based on merit rather than blood and who presided over a century of relative peace and prosperity. Nerva was acclaimed by the Senate following the assassination of Domitian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1702401163286-RL1XE6CQLRTASAXVDTA9/Trajan.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS - TRAJAN Trajan (r. 98 AD - 117 AD) was adopted by Nerva for his military bona fides. Under his rule, the empire would reach its greatest extent. He was beloved by Romans and decreed "Optimus" or best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1702401153806-3C0DG6DQ36TIJ3SE4AQU/Hadrian.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS - HADRIAN Hadrian (r. 117 AD - 138 AD) assumed the principate after a deathbed adoption by Trajan. Hadrian abandoned the lands conquered by Trajan, rationalizing that the empire couldn't successfully administer such a vast territory. He was peripatetic, visiting every province in the empire at least once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1702401154094-VT1MI3ANMTVNIEV5PVHO/Antoninus+Pius+%282%29.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS - ANTONINUS PIUS Antoninus Pius (r. 138 AD - 161 AD) was intended by Hadrian to be a stopgap until Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus came of age, but wound up ruling for 23 years. His reign was notable for the lack of wars and budget surplus he left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1702401191647-Y66POI7C33K0YNNEOHLO/Marcus+Aurelius.png Speaking of Rome ... - THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS - MARCUS AURELIUS Marcus Aurelius (r. 161 AD - 180 AD) was known as "the philosopher king" for his embrace of Stoicism. This made him a morally-centered ruler if not, in my opinion, a particularly effective one. The peace that had endured for a century began to fray under his rule, and he ended the practice of adopting a worthy successor, instead turning over the empire to his son Commodus who consistently ranks among the worst emperors. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-arch-of-janus monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/cd18d522-14af-4594-9acf-f91623d7053c/IMG_3540.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE ARCH OF JANUS, OSTIA ANTICA, THEN HOME - Make it stand out The Arch of Janus, 4th c. AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9af49263-f07d-4554-8946-e36d4778cf31/IMG_3359.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE ARCH OF JANUS, OSTIA ANTICA, THEN HOME - Make it stand out One of the many wide, nearly deserted streets at Ostia Antica Archaeological Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/2ed042e9-7917-4959-a390-15940361053d/IMG_3400.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE ARCH OF JANUS, OSTIA ANTICA, THEN HOME - Make it stand out Modern-day signage indicating area of Ostia Antica. I thought it looked old-timey in black and white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ce5a18ed-d4e1-42fb-8f06-5bca9d2c1dbf/IMG_3689.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE ARCH OF JANUS, OSTIA ANTICA, THEN HOME - Make it stand out Long journey home from Rome, but I was treated to this spectacle on the last leg of my trip, departing Salt Lake City for Palm Springs. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-collapse-of-the-roman-republic-tiberius-gracchus-part-iii monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/3cdd670e-ea2c-4c3d-b49b-2f899f253625/IMG_2105.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART III - Make it stand out The Tiber River, ignominious final resting place of both Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/e9e21d04-4a2b-428d-b84c-745bac282239/IMG_3533.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART III - Make it stand out The remains of the Temple of Concordia, erected without irony by the optimates after the death of the Tiberius Gracchus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/0a62dec7-9a14-46b5-ac13-65365d3263b9/IMG_2119.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART III - Make it stand out The Capitoline Hill was the site of a riot that followed the murder of Tiberius Gracchus. Obviously, it would have looked very different back then. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-collapse-of-the-roman-republic-tiberius-gracchus-part-ii monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9a8c96e8-19f8-4cf8-80be-67e2e184ccc5/Eugene_Guillaume_-_the_Gracchi-1+2.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART II - Make it stand out The Gracchi Brothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a9eb05ff-5393-453d-afc2-8c305ce2d97b/IMG_2897.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART II - Make it stand out The Forum, site of much Gracchi drama, is also the home of the Temple of Vesta. The Vestal Virgins tended the hearth and wielded unusal influence for women at the time. They answered to the Pontifex Maximus and very few others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/76ae5455-e5d7-4847-b65f-b1f2703adac9/sextus-tarquinus-the-eldest-son-of-tarquinus-superbus-after-receiving-the-command-82a9ec.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART II - Make it stand out Early Renaissance depiction of the last king of Rome, Tarquinus Superbus, whose disastrous reign turned Romans off kingship forever. He’s pictured here after whacking the tops of tall flowers with a stick. (It’s a long story) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/bfe90de7-9d20-441a-a02b-d779bd018e61/cornelius-scipio-nasica-publius-19d500.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART II - Make it stand out Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. PCSN for short? https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/the-collapse-of-the-roman-republic-tiberius-gracchus-part-i monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a23b4fcf-632d-4d5c-a788-f97fe5811743/IMG_4481.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1c0e93af-ba63-41c9-af08-d0ad6e0cf737/Hercules.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I - Make it stand out Bronze statue of Hercules, believed to have been dedicated by Scipio Aemelianus, brother-in-law of Tiberius Gracchus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/03cd9a57-543a-4274-bb7d-3ab41cb00fb2/cornelia-and-her-jewels-34be81.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I - Make it stand out The mother of the Gracchi brothers, Cornelia, was wealthy beyond belief, but regarded her sons as her most valuable assets, calling them “my gems.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/0f8a4682-7145-43e8-8471-93e8719186f2/psm-v18-d470-ancient-roman-farm-kart-and-oxen-004f26.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I - Make it stand out The farm was central to life in the Roman Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/e20476c3-e092-4990-9380-46195392a23e/IMG_3278.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - TIBERIUS GRACCHUS - PART I - Make it stand out Generic ruins that have some relation to Tiberius Gracchus, as far as you know. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/rome-a-brief-civics-lesson monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/1267e41e-d66e-4170-b62f-370cdc222fd9/IMG_2962.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON - Make it stand out Fresco of men engaged in the work of government (probably) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/b368346d-a939-41cb-b247-e0fb5f3bdc7b/IMG_3626.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON - Make it stand out The ruins of the Circus Maximus. Built in roughly the 6th century BC, it remained popular during the 3 main eras of Roman government: the Monarchy, the Republic and the Empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/2fbb1450-bf93-4c56-a5ce-0fb6a2301c35/IMG_3535.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON - Make it stand out Ruins in the Jewish Quarter of Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/d5e0e713-4646-4621-8067-1600c34c1bbd/IMG_2079.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON - Make it stand out The Colosseum was built post-Republic, in the early days of the Empire. But it screams ‘Rome,’ and I needed something to put here, so yeah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/5b2f9ea2-6f2e-4b63-bbf8-1ced4f7e5051/IMG_2146.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - ROME: A BRIEF CIVICS LESSON - Make it stand out Oh look - more ruins! https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/notable-women-of-ancient-rome monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/6bec13e9-d5d2-4139-b822-a5baa59a4c7d/IMG_2168.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out Rome’s powerful women were inspired by powerful female gods. This statue of the goddess Minerva from approximately the 5th century BC was likely used in a temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/25c25853-c358-46d6-bfdd-a0d3d937e02a/matteo-ponzone-tarquino-e-lucrezia-bbd5e0.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out Matteo Ponzone’s “Tarquin and Lucrezia” (1650) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/d65c9a43-eecd-4242-b137-c6cfd40446cf/coriolanuss-wife-and-mother-beg-him-to-spare-rome-by-gerbrand-van-den-eeckhout-79d4b8.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out The catchily-titled “Coriolanus’s Wife and Mother Beg Him to Spare Rome” by the pithily named Gerbrand van den Eeckout (1674) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/7903ed25-1125-44a0-8974-a6a25c1b65fa/when-claudius-is-away-messalina-will-play-by-apigma-1911-6a5542.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out “When Claudius Is Away, Messalina Will Play” by A. Pigma (1911). Or, as I like to call it, Gettin’ Messy with Messalina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/16a9617f-6f5c-4519-b03d-d98f97d7fed5/portrait-head-of-the-empress-livia-58-bc-ad-29-from-crete-c9cb23.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out Livia popularized many hairstyles, including this one, during her several decades as empress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a8a5b1e9-7b70-477b-8b3a-af99b559564d/IMG_20230611_0009.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - NOTABLE WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME - Make it stand out My brave mother and her future gladiator Senator blogger. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/lets-talk-gladiators monthly 0.5 2024-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/de36b1bb-5eda-4602-a802-7724b2d3fb35/IMG_2081.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out As a place for heavily choreographed battles to take place, the Colosseum was sort of the WWE arena of its day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/c39dfe71-7643-43fe-a52a-ed8346067aeb/roman-europe-bronze-gladiator-statue-28678979541-cf8dd8.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out Adorable gladiator figurine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/24927811-189b-4c15-8199-9249b0074b78/retiarius-vs-secutor-from-borghese-mosaic-c25494.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out Mosaic of various gladiator types. Retiarius, center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a1890f3a-2e8a-4573-b93f-336d6915a780/john-mccullough-as-spartacus-5e6fc4.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out 19th century actor John McCullogh as Spartacus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/5bcee3a0-1e95-49f1-8e7c-a44d18c9b946/roman-bust-in-ny-carlsberg-glyptotek-mod-1e84e0.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out Marcus Crassus, in addtiion to defeating the slave army of Spartacus, was the richest man in Rome and may be the richest person who ever existed throughout world history. Ka-ching! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/c9a227a9-0959-4145-a4c3-b1697f07ccda/IMG_2836.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - LET’S TALK GLADIATORS - Make it stand out Relief inside the Arch of Titus showing the looting of the Temple in Jerusalem. This plunder was the main source of revenue for construction of the Colosseum. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/how-the-romans-differed-from-us monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/59dbc66b-75c5-48a4-a26b-4284092d4a8f/IMG_2471.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/5b31bae5-81c0-496b-9b2a-0a67791dea94/pompeii-house-viii-2-16-man-120177-9b1bf2.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Make it stand out Can you spot the red mullet in this mosaic? Also, is that octopus playing bass? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/72b495f9-c2db-4c9a-81e1-be05385e5f73/IMG_2131+%281%29.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Insula dating to roughly 110 AD. Similar to our ‘mixed-use’ buildings today, an insulae’s upper floors were residences while ground floors were businesses, like the thermopolium which used this hearth. Thermopolia served quick, ready to eat meals, making them the precursors of our modern fast-food restaurants. Insula dating to roughly 110 AD. Similar to our ‘mixed-use’ buildings today, an insulae’s upper floors were residences while ground floors were businesses, like the thermopolium which used this hearth. Thermopolia served quick, ready to eat meals, making them the precursors of our modern fast-food restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/93640957-fb8c-49cd-b2f7-bb15acf9e81f/IMG_2977.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Make it stand out Hadrian kicked off centuries of bearded emperors. Cows, however, were not known for sporting beards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/39b189d5-3170-4c87-a317-a3a07c5e88ee/toilet-roman-public-places-monuments-36725a.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Make it stand out Romans would often conduct business while doing their business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/b6635197-3b8a-42a4-a5f8-167a5fd04dba/divinatio-rdca-b1515d.gif Speaking of Rome ... - HOW THE ROMANS DIFFERED FROM US - Make it stand out A haruspex, hard at work reading animal entrails. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/blog-post-title-two-hssa6 monthly 0.5 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/6652576a-d2da-4dca-bb46-700db9000394/IMG_3109.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HAIL, CAESAR! - Make it stand out Site of the former Theater of Pompey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9e710574-1e8f-4441-95db-46c182b2d8d9/IMG_2730.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - HAIL, CAESAR! - Make it stand out SPQR - Senatus Populusque Romanus - was a marker of the Republic: The Senate and People of Rome. Its use would fade after Caesar’s death precipitated the rise of the Empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/9a41ccb9-0486-4895-af16-e3d4effb1a56/bruto-fanelli-francesco-1695-a5bfaf.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - HAIL, CAESAR! - Make it stand out Illustration of a coin issued by Brutus following Caesar’s assassination. The cap of liberty on the reverse alludes to Romans being freed from servitude, and EID MAR marks the day of the murder - the Ides of March. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/Blog Post Title One-6mwbw monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/a35b188a-afed-4d34-a769-eed2bcc05e77/IMG_2098.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE FORUM BOARIUM - Make it stand out The Temple of Portunus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/b4055f7c-c94a-4d04-8710-88192007ed48/IMG_2095.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - THE FORUM BOARIUM - Make it stand out The Temple of Hercules https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/f547d790-877f-4b93-b244-de839758c5ea/cornelis-cort-the-battle-of-zama-1990563-art-institute-of-chicago-7c7e20.jpg Speaking of Rome ... - THE FORUM BOARIUM - Make it stand out “The Battle of Zama” by Cornelis Cort (1567). Arguably, the Romans’ human sacrifice worked since they won this final battle of the Second Punic War. https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/blog-post-title-three-wwp7h monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 https://www.speakingofrome.com/blog-1-1/blog-post-title-four-z36tk monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/5eadd4ce-faf0-4951-9913-157d265e95e3/Antinous.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - CULT OF ANTINOUS - Make it stand out Antinous, the beautiful youth from Bithynia and the object of Hadrian’s affections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/41cd6698-bffb-4488-a057-423515973efe/Hadrian.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - CULT OF ANTINOUS - Make it stand out Hadrian was the first emperor to sport a beard. The trend caught on and endured for centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/cba6b3c7-d0f0-4a5c-b7ef-2436a34f4517/IMG_2943.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - CULT OF ANTINOUS - Make it stand out Curved passageway deep in Hadrian’s Mausoleum, now known as Castel Sant’Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/c6f4b7bd-f6d6-4b40-9101-d1fed4695ee8/Hadrian+-+heroic+nude.jpeg Speaking of Rome ... - CULT OF ANTINOUS - Make it stand out Hadrian depicted in the heroic nude, a style common for representing the nobler qualities of emperors. 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His great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated after brazenly seizing absolute power. Augustus was much savvier, however, in convincing the Roman people, weary from a decade of civil war, to trade their freedom for security under his iron rule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/f1d72a50-ce95-468c-9797-1b4f888f1ec8/Nero_upscale+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Nero (r. 54 AD - 68 AD) became emperor at age 16 upon the death of Claudius. Extant sources describe him as a monstrous ruler, but that’s at odds with opinions of the day (Romans loved him) and his many accomplishments. Still, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/d58019c8-e7f8-477b-85da-823a535c1041/Nerva.png GALLERY OF EMPERORS Nerva (r. 96 AD - 98 AD) was the first of the so-called Five Good Emperors, a series of rulers who chose their successors based on merit rather than blood and who presided over a century of relative peace and prosperity. Nerva was acclaimed by the Senate following the assassination of Domitian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/cdb79228-c244-45e2-8a2b-83fb8d5a9458/Trajan.png GALLERY OF EMPERORS Trajan (r. 98 AD - 117 AD) was adopted by Nerva for his military bona fides. Under his rule, the empire would reach its greatest extent. He was beloved by Romans and decreed "Optimus" or best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/bd7ec982-ef4f-4c2d-90cd-6b9c85a8aa3e/Hadrian.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Hadrian (r. 117 AD - 138 AD) assumed the principate after a deathbed adoption by Trajan. Hadrian abandoned the lands conquered by Trajan, rationalizing that the empire couldn't successfully administer such a vast territory. He was peripatetic, visiting every province in the empire at least once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/4ae71e8a-8872-48b3-8758-94e5e0b0a530/Antoninus+Pius+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Antoninus Pius (r. 138 AD - 161 AD) was intended by Hadrian to be a stopgap until Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus came of age, but wound up ruling for 23 years. His reign was notable for the lack of wars and budget surplus he left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/ea8711f2-3000-400c-ba39-1fc86b484f53/Marcus+Aurelius.png GALLERY OF EMPERORS Marcus Aurelius (r. 161 AD - 180 AD) was known as "the philosopher king" for his embrace of Stoicism. This made him a morally-centered ruler if not, in my opinion, a particularly effective one. The peace that had endured for a century began to fray under his rule, and he ended the practice of adopting a worthy successor, instead turning over the empire to his son Commodus who consistently ranks among the worst emperors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/63728d89-b870-44ea-97bd-e91c2d5c15f0/Commodus+as+Hercules+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Commodus (r. 177 AD - 192 AD) was the son of Marcus Aurelius and took the throne at age 18. While there are historical inaccuracies with his portrayal in the film "Gladiator," the malevolent glee with which Joaquin Phoenix played him is probably on the mark. He was a bad, bad, bad guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/331d91dc-a7da-4e51-bbe3-3390371198f7/Elegabulus_upscale+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Elegabulus (r. 218 AD - 222 AD) came to power at age 14 by the machinations of his grandmother, Julia Maesa, who claimed he was the illegitimate son of deceased emperor, Septimius Severus. Elegabulus, from modern Syria, was notorious for his sexual proclivities with both genders, as well as wearing makeup and engaging in strange Eastern religious rituals. His guards murdered him after a short reign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/afa0c573-a507-410c-b7c0-830924f3f2c7/Alexander+Severus_upscale+2.png GALLERY OF EMPERORS At age 14, Alexander Severus (r. 222 AD - 235 AD) donned the purple upon the death of his cousin, Elegabulus. Now here was a kid who tried really hard to learn the trappings of empire and generally succeeded until he was accused of cowardice for not fighting the Parthians. This might have been simple restraint on his part, but his guards felt his mother had too much power and led her momma's boy down this craven path. So, of course, they murdered him. That's 3rd century justice for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/08006c83-184e-4313-9cc4-7be38a24e237/Constantius+II+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Constantius II (r. 337 AD - 361 AD) was 20 at the beginning of his emperorship. One of Constantine the Great’s sons, his reign was marred by paranoia, court intrigue and an endless stream of esoteric religious controversies as Christianity took hold. Oh, and he had most of his male relatives murdered so they couldn't overthrow him. Smooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652da44fff26da0d51e55dfc/157e7b1a-6e6c-48ee-a05d-d5d176c6f34f/Valens+or+Honorius_upscale+%282%29.jpeg GALLERY OF EMPERORS Honorius (r. 393 AD - 423 AD) was declared Caesar at age 9. During his reign, the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. When an aide rushed in announcing "Rome has fallen!" Honorius was shocked. "But I saw her eating earlier today!" So, yes, his immediate thought on hearing "Rome" was his pet chicken of the same name rather than the empire of millions of people under his rule. Sheesh. Honorius has gone down as one of the most incompetent emperors in Rome’s history. 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