Friday, May 13, 2011

5/13:

We continued to watch the video and finished it.

  • Caligula became Emperor
  • He goes to the North sea with a huge army
  • Right before they invade he makes him stop and collect seashells
  • He may have been ill
  • He was supposed to kill an animal but he kills a high priest instead 
  • He was a disaster
  • Main religion was belief of Greek gods but there were some other religions like Jewish
  • Augustus was good, fair, had religious tolerance
  • Caligula didn't have religion tolerance
  • He had a statue  made of himself as a Greek god and put in the Jews most holiest place
  • Caligula was later murdered 
  • He allowed people to bully Jews
  • Many people freed slaves (called freed men)
  • Some freed men became wealthy 
  • Claudius became heir of Caligula
  • His weak spot was his wife
  • She was only interested in money 
  • She had affairs
  • She was later killed
  • He was good at the beginning but he started to lose his control
  • All heirs after Augustus were weird
After the video we looked up Caligula and Claudius. I only got Claudius. Here are the notes about him:
  • First emperor to be born outside Italy. 
  • Had a limp and slight deafness. 
  • His family ostracized him and excluded him from public office. 
  • Died when he was 54. 
  • Grand-nephew took over

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