Click on this animation to see what happens. It was made by my son Patrick and published with his permission. You can try your own stick figure animation by going to PIVOT STICK FIGURE ANIMATOR. It’s fun!
But today you can’t do that because you need to learn about Roman rulers. They were a mixed lot. Here are just a few…
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There was Julius Caesar, who was one of the most successful generals in history but who enraged so many senators that they stabbed him.
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There was Augustus, who always referred to himself as “First Citizen” to hide the fact that he was really an all-powerful Emperor. -
Tiberius came next.
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Then there was Caligula. He was noted for making his horse a consul and for other strange and more dangerous excesses. Find out what his name meant.
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While most of his family thought Claudius a stuttering fool he was actually an intelligent man who did some worthwhile things for Rome BUT he had doubtful taste in women. One of his wives probably poisoned him.
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And then there was Nero, whose mother had probably murdered Claudius to bring her son to power. Eventually, despite her actions on his behalf, he ordered her to be killed and the story goes that she told the soldiers who were about to kill her to stab her below the stomach: “Strike here, for this bore Nero”.
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Gruesome stories, aren’t they?
Find out more by going to the sites below. Create a page of pictures and information bites about one of these leaders. -
I am really interested in Julius Caeser because he appears in a lot of the asterix books and i like them books!!!
Ms Green can we PLEASE do Romans?????????????????
What is caligula’s problem.
I mean making his horse a consul.
strange.
yeah the romans were so gooodddd