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bibliography:

Stockdale, Nancy. "Claudius." In World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2004-. Accessed February 22, 2011. http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/.

2/16/10 (the twelve caesars notes)

start page 196

• created a law that you could only be senator if you had previously 5 generations of family who lived in Rome
• found marooned slaves on an island and freed them, those who were sick and taken in by their slave-owners, the owners were murdered
• only allowed Italian travel by foot, sedan chair, and litter
• sent the jewish people of Rome due to their annoyance to the city of Alexandria in Egypt
• restored th3 temple of venus at sicily
• fell in love so much with the influence of the freedmen
• he seemed to be their servant rather than their emperor
• distributed titles, army commands, indulgences or punishments according to their wishes
• commands were often given through trickery of claudius
• he also signed a marriage that never happened
• "Am i Still Emperor?" - began to get crazy with age

eng page 202

2/15/11 (the twelve caesars) notes

start page 193

• drained the fucine lake and built a harbor at ostia 
• first held a naval battle reenactment on it, between rhodians and sicilians 
• he is said to have threatened to burn their ships if they didn't fight
• the battle was signaled by a silver triton which mechanically emerged from the lake bottom and blew a conch 
• had abundant springs flowing into the city via aquaducts, provided 30,000 jobs 
• drenched the harbor's entrance and built a lighthouse as well 
• held chariot races and wild beast shows at the Vatican Circus 
• built a special section for the senators
• invented the Troy Game in which a panther was hunted by guards cavalry 
• Invented the picnic in which people enjoyed a pot luck 
• exposed his left hand like a plebeian 
• addressed the crowd as "my lords"
• men above 60 couldn't beget children law was abolished 
• no person who was exiled could enter italy 

eng pg 195 

Notes (2/14/11) The Twelve Caesars

• Nearly lost consulship for taking so long to set up statues of murders of Nero and Drusus
• Pelted by stones and grapes if showed up late to dinner 
• Became Emperor at age of 50, by accident 
• Heard about murder at Hermaeum, hid behind curtain, was found and called Emperor by a Guardsman 
• Ordered an amnesty of all who had to do with Caligula's death 
• Instituted Circus Games on his father's birthday 
• Finished the marble arch near Pompeii's theatre 
• Approached the senate and consuls for certain privileges 
• Sat in on trials at the magistrate's courts and sat in on games, clapping and cheering with the rest of the people 
• Let himself be guided by the sense of equity 
• Changed punishments of court trials if too severe or too lenient 
• People found guilty of shocking crimes were fed to wild beasts 
• Sometimes wise and prudent in court, sometimes thoughtless and hasty, others foolish and out of his senses 
• Marched into England, almost shipwrecking himself on the way there, and reduced a large part of the island to submission. 
• No battles, or suffering 
• Hired fire fighters using commons from the city district after a fire in the Aemilian Quarter 

end page 192. 

Bibliography

Books:
Graves, Robert, The Twelve Caesars. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1957, 181-209