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history
Roman Emperors

THE

GLORIOUS
CAESARS

Rome’s first emperors are often

decried as tyrannical, sex-mad

monsters – but, as Tom Holland

explains, the likes of Augustus,

Caligula and Nero brought peace

and stability to the Roman world

Augustus, Caligula and Tiberius,
depicted (left to right) in contemporary
busts. For all their despotism,
Romans thanked their first three
emperors for delivering them from
the curse of civil war
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