{"id":912,"date":"2020-05-26T05:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/?page_id=912"},"modified":"2020-10-18T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T01:29:12","slug":"the-emperors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/the-emperors\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPERADORES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1602935500918\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"imageDesktopRem79\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about\">\n<h4>THE RISE OF JULIUS CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last half of the 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century B.C would be marked by generals forging unofficial alliances to govern Roman territory.\u00a0 Ultimately, they would succumb to jealousy and ambition and fight among themselves, this led to one-man rule and the naming of an Emperor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Triumvirate<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After half a century of general after general seizing control, Pompey, Crassus (the richest man in Rome) and Julius Caesar agreed to rule together without official backing of the senate. They divided Roman territory between them, each managing his own part, working together to undermine the senate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"imageDesktopAdd79 wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\" id=\"removeLeftMonPad\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"wpb_images_carousel wpb_content_element vc_clearfix\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"vc_images-carousel-1-1776702001\" data-ride=\"vc_carousel\" data-wrap=\"false\" style=\"width: 100%;\" data-interval=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"yes\" data-mode=\"horizontal\" data-partial=\"false\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-hide-on-end=\"true\" class=\"vc_slide vc_images_carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Indicators -->\n\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"vc_carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-target=\"#vc_images-carousel-1-1776702001\" data-slide-to=\"0\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Wrapper for slides -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"prettyphoto\" href=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2-1024x681.jpg\"  data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[rel-912-1440155457]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Controls -->\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_left vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-1-1776702001\" data-slide=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-prev\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_right vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-1-1776702001\" data-slide=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-next\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caesar was made governor of southern Gaul and quickly conquered the rest &#8211; his loyal armies (four legions) became his source of power.\u00a0 He continued his conquests invading Britain, but while he was away, Crassus died in battle against the Parthians. \u00a0 Now it was every man for himself.\u00a0 Pompey was named consul back in Rome and became rival and enemy to Caesar in his absence.\u00a0 He persuaded the senate to try to strip Caesar of his command and recall him to Rome to be prosecuted for bribery, corruption and illegal warmongering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><!-- Row Backgrounds --><div class=\"upb_color\" data-bg-override=\"0\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-fadeout=\"\" data-fadeout-percentage=\"30\" data-parallax-content=\"\" data-parallax-content-sense=\"30\" data-row-effect-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-rtl=\"false\"  data-custom-vc-row=\"\"  data-vc=\"5.5.2\"  data-is_old_vc=\"\"  data-theme-support=\"\"   data-overlay=\"false\" data-overlay-color=\"\" data-overlay-pattern=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-opacity=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-size=\"\"    ><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1602935594046\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\" id=\"removeLeftMonPadT\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img \" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pantheon_Ancient-Rome-500x600.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Pantheon_Ancient Rome\" title=\"Pantheon_Ancient Rome\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about\">\n<h4>Crossing the Rubicon<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Caesar returned to Rome without an army, he would be stripped of his rank and prosecuted; the only other option was to march on Rome possibly causing another Civil war. \u00a0 Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion, effectively marching on Rome as an aggressor; famously saying \u2018<\/span><b>the die is cast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019, meaning what\u2019s done is done.\u00a0 Pompey fled the city and by 48 BC Caesar was in total command, elected consul and <\/span><b>Dictator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (emergency leader in times of war).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caesar followed Pompey to Egypt only to find out he had already been assassinated by agents of the Pharaoh Ptolemy (who was trying to curry favour with Caesar by killing his enemy).\u00a0 At this time Egypt was in the midst of its own Civil War between the Pharaoh and his sister \/ wife Cleopatra. Caesar took Cleopatra\u2019s side and promptly bedded her resulting in a son Caesarion who would be an heir to the throne of Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 45 BCE Caesar was the undisputed master of Rome and he pursued reforms that strengthened his own power; giving land to his retiring soldiers, and restructuring debts owed to Rome.\u00a0 He also began to rebuild the city into one worthy of its fame, he also changed the calendar (including a month named after himself \u2013 July).\u00a0 But by 44 B.C. many senators had decided that Caesar controlled too much of the power in Rome, as well as his links with Egypt \u2013 this was just too much, so they stabbed him 23 times as he came to vote at the senate.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Beware the Ides of March!<\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Row Backgrounds --><div class=\"upb_color\" data-bg-override=\"0\" data-bg-color=\"#ededed\" data-fadeout=\"\" data-fadeout-percentage=\"30\" data-parallax-content=\"\" data-parallax-content-sense=\"30\" data-row-effect-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-rtl=\"false\"  data-custom-vc-row=\"\"  data-vc=\"5.5.2\"  data-is_old_vc=\"\"  data-theme-support=\"\"   data-overlay=\"false\" data-overlay-color=\"\" data-overlay-pattern=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-opacity=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-size=\"\"    ><\/div><div data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1602935800865\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"removeLeftMonPad\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about\">\n<h4>The Second Triumvirate<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conspirators who had been friends and colleagues of Caesar thought his death would bring about the restoration of the Roman Republic, but they were wrong.\u00a0 Caesar\u2019s reforms were really popular with the Roman people who were quick to hail his adopted son <\/span><b>Octavian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, his second-in-command <\/span><b>Mark Antony<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Lepidus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a second triumvirate.\u00a0 Mark Anthony was concerned with punishing Caesar\u2019s assassins and Octavian was keen to gain experience and renown on campaign; Lepidus was the moderate one who spent his time mostly in Rome.\u00a0 This triumvirate was an absolute failure, degenerating into a second Civil War despite intermarriages between them to strengthen the alliance.\u00a0 Anthony\u2019s long-term love affair with Cleopatra caused friction in Rome as well as a fear that together they would be invincible.\u00a0 In the end it came down to the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. between Octavian and Antony (with <\/span><b>Cleopatra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Lepidus had already been side-lined sometime earlier.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"imageDesktopAdd79 wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\" id=\"removeLeftMonPad\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"wpb_images_carousel wpb_content_element vc_clearfix\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"vc_images-carousel-2-1776702001\" data-ride=\"vc_carousel\" data-wrap=\"false\" style=\"width: 100%;\" data-interval=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"yes\" data-mode=\"horizontal\" data-partial=\"false\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-hide-on-end=\"true\" class=\"vc_slide vc_images_carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Indicators -->\n\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"vc_carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-target=\"#vc_images-carousel-2-1776702001\" data-slide-to=\"0\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Wrapper for slides -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"prettyphoto\" href=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum-1024x684.jpg\"  data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[rel-912-1148867104]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caeser_Ancient-Rome_Imperial-Forum-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Controls -->\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_left vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-2-1776702001\" data-slide=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-prev\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_right vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-2-1776702001\" data-slide=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-next\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony\u2019s troops were defeated and he fled, famously killing himself and dying alone; Cleopatra took her own life shortly after.\u00a0 Octavian annexed Egypt and returned to Rome in victory.\u00a0 He changed his name to <\/span><b>Caesar Augustus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, became sole ruler of Rome, adopted the title <\/span><b>Emperor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and started printing coins identifying himself as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Divini Filius<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Son of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Augustus tried to pretend that the forms of the Roman Empire were still intact. The truth was that he made the laws and the senate had become nothing more than a rubber stamp.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><!-- Row Backgrounds --><div class=\"upb_color\" data-bg-override=\"0\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-fadeout=\"\" data-fadeout-percentage=\"30\" data-parallax-content=\"\" data-parallax-content-sense=\"30\" data-row-effect-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-rtl=\"false\"  data-custom-vc-row=\"\"  data-vc=\"5.5.2\"  data-is_old_vc=\"\"  data-theme-support=\"\"   data-overlay=\"false\" data-overlay-color=\"\" data-overlay-pattern=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-opacity=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-size=\"\"    ><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1602935815175\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"imageDesktopAdd79 wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\" id=\"removeLeftMonPadT\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"wpb_images_carousel wpb_content_element vc_clearfix\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"vc_images-carousel-3-1776702001\" data-ride=\"vc_carousel\" data-wrap=\"false\" style=\"width: 100%;\" data-interval=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"yes\" data-mode=\"horizontal\" data-partial=\"false\" data-per-view=\"1\" data-hide-on-end=\"true\" class=\"vc_slide vc_images_carousel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Indicators -->\n\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"vc_carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-target=\"#vc_images-carousel-3-1776702001\" data-slide-to=\"0\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Wrapper for slides -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_carousel-slideline-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"prettyphoto\" href=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1-1024x683.jpg\"  data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[rel-912-962241673]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julius-Caesar_Ancient-Rome-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Controls -->\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_left vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-3-1776702001\" data-slide=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-prev\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"vc_right vc_carousel-control\" href=\"#vc_images-carousel-3-1776702001\" data-slide=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-next\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about\">\n<h4>THE ROMAN EMPERORS<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Augustus one-man rule had been reinstated, he was careful to appear to give control back to the Senate but essentially held sole control.\u00a0 Augustus was now <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imperator<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (he who commands) of what would henceforth be known as an empire, although it was effectively an empire the minute the Romans conquered territory outside of the Italian peninsula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augustus restored peace to Rome and her territory after almost a century of discord created by the decay of the republic and the in-fighting between generals.\u00a0 His 56-year reign began a period of prosperity and peace, known as the pax Romana. Architecture, art, literature and religion flourished under Augustus and his following grew so strong that, when he died, he was elevated to the status of god by the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Julio-Claudian dynasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Augustus\u2019 bloodline) apart from Augustus and Claudius have been dubbed bad emperors, many of whom were famously unstable.\u00a0 Nero committed suicide after a reign that wreaked havoc on the citizens as well as Rome\u2019s treasury. <\/span><b>Vespasian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his two sons, Titus and Domitian (<\/span><b>Flavian Dynasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &#8211; brought back a sense of calm to Rome and its citizens by restoring authority to the Senate and promoting public welfare. Vespasian filled the coffers with taxes and built the Colosseum.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Titus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gained victory in the Jewish Wars subduing Judaea and handled the recovery effort following the devastating eruption of Vesuvius.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Domitian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was a good administrator and reformed the management of the empire, although he would ultimately be seen as a bad emperor after taking the Palatine hill for himself making many of the noble families of Rome homeless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The <\/span><b>Golden Age of Rome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came with the <\/span><b>Antonine Dynasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which began after Nerva (96-98 AD). The emperor <\/span><b>Trajan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was responsible for expanding Rome\u2019s borders to their greatest extent by including Dacia (Romania) and Parthia (Armenia and Iran). <\/span><b>Hadrian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (117-138 AD) continued to establish Rome\u2019s internal stability and administration and sponsored an enormous building programme which included the <\/span><b>Pantheon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the temple of Venus and Roma and his villa in Tivoli.\u00a0 \u00a0 He solidified the frontiers of the empire with troops and in England he constructed a wall.\u00a0 The peace and prosperity of Rome continued into the reign of <\/span><b>Antoninus Pius<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who was an accomplished administrator, he passed a number of laws regarding slaves and built another wall in Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Row Backgrounds --><div class=\"upb_color\" data-bg-override=\"0\" data-bg-color=\"#ededed\" data-fadeout=\"\" data-fadeout-percentage=\"30\" data-parallax-content=\"\" data-parallax-content-sense=\"30\" data-row-effect-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-img-parallax-mobile-disable=\"true\" data-rtl=\"false\"  data-custom-vc-row=\"\"  data-vc=\"5.5.2\"  data-is_old_vc=\"\"  data-theme-support=\"\"   data-overlay=\"false\" data-overlay-color=\"\" data-overlay-pattern=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-opacity=\"\" data-overlay-pattern-size=\"\"    ><\/div><div id=\"minrowexploreMob\" data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" data-vc-stretch-content=\"true\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid minrowexplore vc_custom_1602941660077\"><div class=\"container wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tittle\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">EXPLORE MORE<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\" ><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInDown fadeInDown\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/early-republic\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img \" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2-1-500x340.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" alt=\"2\" title=\"2\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  style-box\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"explore\" style=\"text-align: center; color: #f19100;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; color: #f19100;\" href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/early-republic\/\">EARLY REPUBLIC<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInDown fadeInDown\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/circus-maximus\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Circus-Maximus_Palatine-Hill_Rome.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Circus-Maximus_Palatine-Hill_Rome.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Circus-Maximus_Palatine-Hill_Rome-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Circus-Maximus_Palatine-Hill_Rome-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Circus-Maximus_Palatine-Hill_Rome-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  style-box\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"explore\" style=\"text-align: center; color: #f19100;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; color: #f19100;\" href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/circus-maximus\/\">CIRCUS MAXIMUS<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_zoomInUp zoomInUp\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/the-fall-of-the-empire\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ancient-Rome_Trajans-Market.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ancient-Rome_Trajans-Market.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ancient-Rome_Trajans-Market-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ancient-Rome_Trajans-Market-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colosseum.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ancient-Rome_Trajans-Market-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  style-box\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"explore\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; color: #f19100;\" href=\"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/the-fall-of-the-empire\/\">THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE RISE OF JULIUS CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS The last half of the 1st century B.C [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.6.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Emperors - Colosseum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/the-emperors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Emperors - Colosseum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/the-emperors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colosseum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-18T01:29:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"9 minutos\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/\",\"name\":\"Colosseum\",\"description\":\"Everything you need to know about visiting the Colosseum in Rome\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/fr\/the-emperors\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/fr\/the-emperors\/\",\"name\":\"The Emperors - Colosseum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-26T05:27:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-18T01:29:12+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/fr\/the-emperors\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3039,"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/912\/revisions\/3039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}