Near the end of the Roman Republic, the First Triumvirate was established, consisting of Caesar, Crassus, and Magnus. This did not have any power; it was simply the most powerful men of the time. Julius Caesar was appointed consul, but was also a powerful general, and eventually removed the other men nearing his power and seized control of the republic, being named dictator. This was not the end yet, however, as the senators assassinated him, and the Republic survived.
Some time after his death, the Second Triumvirate was established, with Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus. This Triumvirate had the power to do whatever it pleased; Octavian eventually declared war on and defeated Antony, and Lepidus was left in the shadows. Octavian, adopted nephew of Julius Caesar, renamed himself Augustus Caesar and became the first emperor. From this point, the empirical rule was either handed down by kinship or taken by force.
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Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
Rome came under the rule of an emperor because the republic had grown corrupt and collapsed. Octavian won the right to rule by military victories and by being granted powers by the senate. He chose his successor and all other emperors were supposed to do the same.
The first Roman government was called the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the Trojan hero Aeneas, son of Venus, fled from Troy and landed on the west coast of Italy, where he settled. His descendants ruled that part of Italy as Kings of Alba Longa, named after the city from which they ruled. Many generations later, the King of Alba Longa named Numitor had a daughter named Rhea Silvia, who became a Vestal Virgin. She soon broke her vow of chastity by having twin boys with Mars, the god of war. These boys, Romulus and Remus, were raised by a she-wolf, and founded a city on the banks of the Tiber River. Romulus then killed Remus and named the city after himself, calling it Rome. Romulus and his descendants were monarchs of the Roman Kingdom. In the Sixth Century B.C. the monarchy was abolished, and replaced with the Roman Republic, which expanded rapidly across the Mediterranean.
In the city of Rome itself, the emperors had houses usually on the Palatine Hill. This was their "official" residence. However all of them had luxury villas scattered over Italy and the rest of the empire as well. In the later years of the western empire some emperors never even lived in Rome at all.
The emperors of Rome were the men and sometimes boys, who gained supreme authority, either by inheritance, military means or family conniving. There were 178 total Roman emperors, 81 in the West and 97 in the East -- far too many to list here. For a complete list of them, type "Roman emperors" into your browser and you will come up with several sites naming them all and giving the times that they reigned.
The emperors of Rome actually had two groups of bodyguards. The most famous was the Praetorian Guard, who were not only the emperor's protectors, but they also had other policing-type duties in the city of Rome and were at times sent into battle. Emperors also had an elite corps of personal bodyguards who were usually German.
Yes he was the youngest emperor out of all the emperors. Octavian is the first emperor.