Which rulers, kings, strategists, emperors, do you most remember in Ancient Rome?
Of the emperors, Julius Caesar, the great commander, the first of the emperors of Rome, the man whose reign put an end to the Roman Republic, but also to internal turmoil, civil wars, was remembered first of all. Octavian Augustus, whose reign has been called the “golden age”. Constantine the Great is a cruel ruler, but under him Christianity ceased to be a persecuted religion. Emperor Trajan, under whom the Empire reached its maximum limits. Marcus Aurelius is not only an outstanding ruler, but also a philosopher on the throne. The rulers of ill fame – Nero, who was considered the murderer of his own mother and brother, and was also accused of setting fire to Rome, Caligula, who made his horse a senator and was eventually killed by the conspirators, and many others.