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Rubicon, a river of North Italy, now partly represented by the Rugone, and flowing into the Adriatic Sea N. of Arminium (Rimmi). Although of no great size, it was important as forming the South East boundary of Cisalpine Gaul....
Go to post pageAgrippina the Younger Her third marriage was to her uncle, the Emperor Claudius, whom she induced to set aside his own son, Britannicus, in favour of Nero. She the...
Go to post pageCaesar is the family name or adopted title of the early Roman emperors. Caesar was a title which came from the family name of Julius Caesar, who ruled Rome as a monarch without a crown from 49 to 44 B.C....
Go to post pageFriend of Caesar and of Cicero, Governor of Cisalpine Gaul, Marcus Junius Brutus was one of Caesar's assassins in 44 B.C. He fled with Cassius, was defeated by Antonius and Octavian, and committed suicide.
Go to post pageFor more than 200 years the Empire was governed monarchically, first by the Julio-Claudians, then, after a short interval of civil war, by the Flavians. Both these houses were determined to establish and maintain a hereditary dynasty, based on direct lineal descent. The only emperors who did not come to power in this way were Augustus, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, who acquired it by force of arms, and Galba, who was ele...
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