Augustus, Caligula, Nero: de la zei la nebuni - prima dinastie a Romei

On March 15, 44 BC, Rome killed the most powerful man it had ever produced. Julius Caesar was dead. The Republic—saved. Or so his assassins believed. In less than fifteen years, Rome was ruled by a single man. Not a king—no one would have dared to use the word. A princeps. A "first citizen" with absolute power. This episode follows the first imperial century: from Augustus, who invented the masked monarchy, to Nero, who destroyed the mask. An emperor who murdered his mother. One who named his horse a senator. One who watched Rome burn. This is episode 3 in our series on the history of Rome. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Octavian Augustus 15:16 Antony and Cleopatra 27:26 Rome under Octavian Augustus 40:57 Poets, Laws, and Succession 51:40 Tiberius 01:01:06 Caligula 01:11:27 Claudius and Nero 01:22:56 The End of the Dynasty