The Bad Emperors Of Roman History

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The Bad Emperors Josh Gogol History 10 Mr Tomlin June 13th, 2011 This is an essay written about the bad emperors. The bad emperors were the worst of the worst they make murderers look not bad. They ranged in ways of being psycho from dementia to just plain pure cold blooded killers. Nobody liked them only a few maybe relatives or friends but nobody else they made certain killing machine for their own pleasure and raped innocent people for their own personal gain. Although some were blood thirsty men with very high and sick libidos they were not all that bad some tried to do the right thing but ended up failing which ultimately lead the dark ages of Rome. There are three of the worst emperors in Rome that I am going to cover in this essay they are all pretty bad but in my opinion some of them could have made good emperors they just screwed up too much. First there is Caligula he was born in the year 12 AD and he was made emperor in the year 37 AD he lasted 4 years before being assassinated in the year 41 AD. Caligula was the definition of a psychopath he enjoyed watching people get killed and raped and tortured he was a pretty bad man. The next bad emperor is Claudius he was made emperor right after Caligula’s death in 41 AD. Claudius could have made a good emperor but he was not a good looking guy and he stuttered and drooled all over himself when he spoke. He also made the emperor position look like any old fool could handle it (he made it look like a joke). He was killed after a pretty good time of being emperor in 54 AD. Then the real fun comes this man is terrible and quite screwed up his name is Nero once a cheery little boy turned into a frightful beast. He was made an emperor when he was a little innocent boy in 54 AD. Then somewhere half way in between he was dramatically changed partly due to his insane mother and partly to do with the mess after
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