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Jul 13

Roman Emperor of the Week: Tiberius

Rome's reluctant Emperor. He never wanted to rule Rome. He did everything he could to avoid it.

But when Rome needed a successor to Augustus, he answered the call.

Here’s the story of the second Roman emperor: Tiberius.

A Roman History🧵

Name: Tiberius Claudius Nero → Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus

Lifespan: 42 BC – AD 37

Reign: AD 14 – AD 37

Came to power: As Augustus’s adopted son and heir, after a lifetime of military and political service

The Early Years

He was born Tiberius Claudius Nero on November 16th, 42 BC into the aristocratic and distinguished Claudian family.

His mother was Livia Drusilla. Tiberius' father granted Livia a divorce so she could marry Augustus, making Tiberius the step son of the Roman Emperor.

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Michael McGill 🏛

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Jul 6

Roman Emperor of the Week: Augustus

Rome's 1st Emperor, he famously found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble.

Here’s the story of Gaius Octavius, better known as Augustus, and how he reshaped Roman history.

A Roman History 🧵

Name: Gaius Octavius → Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus → Augustus

Lifespan: 63 BC – AD 14

Reign: 27 BC – AD 14

Came to power: After Julius Caesar’s assassination, defeating rivals in a brutal civil war

The Early Years

Gaius Octavious (better known as Octavian) was born in the Palantine Hill district into a wealthy but not especially powerful family on September 23, 63 BC.

His mother was Atia Balba Caesonia; Julius Caesar's niece, giving Octavian a blood tie to Caesar.

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Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Jun 28

The year: 390 BC
The Place: Rome
The Situation: Bad. Very bad.

Rome was under invasion by Gallic tribes and on the brink of collapse. They needed a miracle to survive. And they got one.

This is the story of how Rome was saved by the unlikeliest of heroes.

A Roman History 🧵

In the early 4th Century BC, Rome was experiencing conflict with a new and unfamiliar enemy: the Gauls.

The Gauls were a collection of Celtic tribes who lived in the area Rome called Gallia; covering much of modern day France, Belgium, and Germany.

Before this, Rome had mostly fought with neighboring tribes like the Etruscans. The Gauls were not part of their regular conflict ecosystem.

But the Gauls were migrating southward, and conflict was inevitable.

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Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Jun 21

From a small village by the Tiber to the world’s most powerful empire.

Kingdom. Republic. Empire. Collapse.

Here’s the epic story of Rome, told in one thread. /🧵🏛️

The Founding of Rome - April 21, 753 BC

The founding of Rome is the stuff of legends — literally.

According to Roman myth, Rome was founded by Romulus, a direct descendent of the Trojan prince Aeneas.

He and his brother Remus were raised by a she-wolf after being abandoned by the Tiber river.

When it came time to decide on where to build a city, Romulus and Remus disagreed.

Remus mocked Romulus' choice. In a fit of rage, Romulus killed Remus, and the city took his name: Rome.

Rome was established in violence, and violence would be a continued theme in it's long history.

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Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

May 3

The proscription of Cicero was one of the most tragic events of the late Roman Republic.

Why was Cicero, a former Consul and respected member of Roman politics, selected to be proscribed?

Let's do a deep dive into the proscription of Cicero.

/A Roman History Thread 🏛️🧵

Let's set the table of the people and events that led to the proscription of Cicero.

The year is 43 BC. In a tumultuous series of events following the assassination of Caesar, Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian (later known as Augustus) have formed an alliance to advance their political agendas.

Each Triumvirate member has absolute powers in different territories of the empire.

The alliance is destined to be short-lived as each has their own designs to win the power struggle and establish themselves as the top man in Rome.

Particularly Antony and Octavian.

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Michael McGill 🏛

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Jan 4

The Late Roman Republic was, pound for pound, the most fascinating period of Roman History.

No other time in long history of Rome had such a high density of impressive and captivating individuals.

Let's explore the incredible figures from the Late Roman Republic. /🏛️🧵

For purposes of this thread, we will look at the people involved in the events starting with Caesar crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC and ending with the battle of Actium in 31 BC.

This period has the highest density of of fascinating people in the late Roman Republic.

The People of the Late Roman Republic

This period is literally a "who's who" of famous people. The history books are filled with their names, countless books are written about them, and they spark our imagination with the might and majesty of Roman History.

• Julius Caesar
• Pompey the Great
• Cicero
• Mark Antony
• Brutus
• Cato the Younger
• Cleopatra
• Octavian

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