Rulers who have Roman Emperors as role models ....
Continuing on the theme of Roman History, I was wondering whether rulers of the modern world are really that different from the Roman Emperors of the ancient ages ...
Julius Caesar
When he was elected curule aedile and spent lavishly on games to win popular favor; large loans from Crassus made these expenditures possible.
Resembles - Clue: WMD !
Augustus Caesar
When Julius Caesar was killed, Mark Antony and the young nephew of Caesar then took the lead. They followed the conspirators with an army, defeated and slew them in a battle in Greece, and thus became rulers of the Roman world.
Caesar Augustus proved both wise and clever. Instead of taking all the state of a king, Augustus allowed the Romans to have their assemblies and play at electing consuls just as in the old days, but he himself took the title of emperor and really had all the power.
Resembles - Musharaff of Pakistan
Caligula
Caligula had spent lavishly on public shows, games, and displays (sometimes even participating in them himself); In the most extravagant of these, he had hundreds of ships tied together to make a temporary floating bridge so that he could ride across the Bay of Naples on horseback.
He also had a strange sense of humor (e.g., at an auction, a senator fell asleep and Caligula took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators for a huge sum)
When Caligula fell seriously ill, there was great mourning in Rome, and much joy at his recovery in spite of his apparent cruelty and spend-thrift.
Resembles: Saddam, Uday & Qusay Hussein
Nero
In 64 A.D. a great fire left much of Rome in ruins, and while it is not certain that Nero himself had the fires set, it is true that his ambitious building campaign, which followed the fires (and in particular the construction of the Domus Aurea), represented to many a private selfishness at a time when public reconstruction was most needed.
Resembles: Kim Jong II, Megawati Sukarnoputri
Julius Caesar
When he was elected curule aedile and spent lavishly on games to win popular favor; large loans from Crassus made these expenditures possible.
Resembles - Clue: WMD !
Augustus Caesar
When Julius Caesar was killed, Mark Antony and the young nephew of Caesar then took the lead. They followed the conspirators with an army, defeated and slew them in a battle in Greece, and thus became rulers of the Roman world.
Caesar Augustus proved both wise and clever. Instead of taking all the state of a king, Augustus allowed the Romans to have their assemblies and play at electing consuls just as in the old days, but he himself took the title of emperor and really had all the power.
Resembles - Musharaff of Pakistan
Caligula
Caligula had spent lavishly on public shows, games, and displays (sometimes even participating in them himself); In the most extravagant of these, he had hundreds of ships tied together to make a temporary floating bridge so that he could ride across the Bay of Naples on horseback.
He also had a strange sense of humor (e.g., at an auction, a senator fell asleep and Caligula took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13 gladiators for a huge sum)
When Caligula fell seriously ill, there was great mourning in Rome, and much joy at his recovery in spite of his apparent cruelty and spend-thrift.
Resembles: Saddam, Uday & Qusay Hussein
Nero
In 64 A.D. a great fire left much of Rome in ruins, and while it is not certain that Nero himself had the fires set, it is true that his ambitious building campaign, which followed the fires (and in particular the construction of the Domus Aurea), represented to many a private selfishness at a time when public reconstruction was most needed.
Resembles: Kim Jong II, Megawati Sukarnoputri
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