Of course, this kind of dictatorship also became an important reason why Octavian could reign for forty-two years. On January 13, 27 BC, Octavian held a Senate meeting and announced at the meeting that he would hand over the dictatorship.

He went all out and restored the system of the Republic. This move also made the grateful Senate grant him the title of Augustus three days later. In fact, dictatorship meant the entire Roman Empire, but Octavian had the final say alone, and others

Nothing you say counts.

But at this time, Octavian pretended to comply with the request of the Senate and the people, accepted absolute power that completely violated the principles of the republic, and founded the autocratic head of state. In 13 BC, Augustus was elected as the chief priest.

Becoming the head of Roman religion, Augustus took over all administrative, military, judicial and religious powers. In fact, he became the first emperor of the Roman Empire. He was only thirty-six years old this year.

After establishing the head of state system, Augustus divided the Roman provinces into Senate provinces under the jurisdiction of governors appointed by the Senate and provinces directly under the head of state. At the same time, he also inherited Caesar's system and granted citizenship to the provinces.

The upper-class elements placed large numbers of retired soldiers in various provinces, thus greatly strengthening their control over all parts of the country. Augustus also established a powerful regular standing army. He relied on this army to

Completely conquered Gaul and Spain, occupied the entire area from the Rhine River to the Elbe River, turned the Mediterranean Sea into a Roman lake, and greatly expanded the territory of the Roman Empire.

Although Augustus lived longer, he had been troubled and tortured by diseases. He suffered from severe skin diseases, rheumatism, arthritis and many other diseases. He was afraid of cooling and did not dare to bask in the sun. Augustus

His diet is very strict. When there is a banquet, he will either eat beforehand or eat alone after the banquet, so as not to touch the food at the banquet. This is like a medieval sage,

Augustus used his spirit to support his body and established his own great achievements. In the fourteenth year of AD, Augustus, also known as Octavian, was touring southern Italy and died of illness on the road at the age of seventy.

Seven years old.

At this time, the Roman Empire was so huge, and the legal system was so good, so let's take a look at some other things about the city of Rome, such as the devil Nero.

Nero was born in Rome on December 5, 37 BC. His father was a notorious corrupt official, and his mother Agrippina was the niece of the Roman emperor, that is, the niece of the old emperor. Nero III

His father died of illness when he was young, so his mother used her beauty to seduce his uncle and then became the queen.

Agrippina was an ambitious woman with an extremely strong desire for power. She had been deliberately encouraging the older emperor to depose the current crown prince, and then made Nero the crown prince. In order to consolidate Nero's status

, she asked the old emperor to marry the princess Octavia to Nero.

Agrippina thought that in this way, as long as the old emperor died, the throne of the Roman Empire would belong to Nero. However, things did not develop as Agrippina expected. The old emperor's body looked very...

He was healthy and often missed the deposed prince. Agrippina was so anxious that she finally colluded with the Guards to poison the old emperor to death! In this way, Nero, who was only seventeen years old, ascended the throne and became the ruler of Rome.

the new emperor.

Nero's first speech at the Senate meeting was generally praised by the senators. The senators unanimously believed that Nero would be a very effective emperor and that a new golden age was coming for the Roman Empire.

After Nero came to power, he initially implemented a benevolent government. He banned bloody competitions, abolished capital punishment, reduced taxes, and even allowed slaves to sue their masters. Nero also forgave those who wrote poems to satirize him.

He pardoned those who conspired against him.

After Nero became emperor, Agrippina was so proud that she thought that the whole of Rome would be hers. She was usually domineering and arrogant, looking down on everyone, and often

Interfering in the government and Nero's life. At this time, Nero did not like his own wife, but liked a beautiful female slave. His mother scolded him, but Nero was very angry and said: I am the emperor of Rome

, I can do whatever I want!

Agrippina was very angry after hearing what Nero said, and then said even more angrily: Don't forget who made you the emperor! I can make you the emperor now! That's it.

You can make your brother the emperor!

After hearing what his mother said, Nero was horrified and couldn't sleep all night, so he ordered his brother to be executed secretly. And in order to eliminate future troubles, Nero decided to kill his own mother.

So that day, Nero helped his mother board a very luxurious ship, said a lot of good things to his mother, and personally poured wine for his mother, and kept apologizing. His mother Ague

Lipina was very happy, thinking that her son Nero had changed his mind. But soon after Nero left his mother, there was a loud bang!, and the ship tilted violently to one side, which scared Agrippina.

Terrified, she hurriedly jumped into the water to escape, and swam for a long time before landing. With the help of everyone, Agrippina returned to her own villa. However, before the frightened Agrippina could take a breath, she almost

A group of powerful soldiers broke into the villa and shouted: We are here to kill you on the emperor's order!

Before Agrippina could speak, a very sharp knife was inserted into her chest. At this time, Nero sent people to kill his mother, and then sent people to kill his teacher.

and his wife. From then on, no one could control Nero. Nero's character changed drastically and he lived a shameless life all day long.

One day in the summer of 64 BC, Nero, who was extremely spiritually empty, made a move that shocked everyone: he burned the city of Rome! Ten of the fourteen districts in the city of Rome were ignited with raging fires, and the Romans ran.

He was standing at the top of the palace, looking at the scene of fire all over the city, and was dancing with excitement. Not only did he not send anyone to put out the fire, but he was moved by the scene.

The poem about the destruction of Troy was recited loudly in a very sad tone.

After the fire in the city of Rome, people had no place to stay and lived in poverty and poverty. But Nero didn't care about this at all and ordered the construction of his own palace. The interior of the palace was lavishly decorated with gold and silver jewelry, and there were inlaid inlays in the restaurant.

The ivory revolving ceiling was constantly scattering flower petals and perfume. The bath could also bring in sea water or spring water. When this magnificent, luxurious and unique building was completely completed, Nero said excitedly: This is what it looks like.

A place where one lives.

At this time, people speculated that Nero had set fire to Rome, so they began to talk about it. Nero was very angry when he found out about it, so he sent soldiers to kill countless people who criticized him and put the blame on Nero.

conquered Christians and persecuted them vigorously.

At this time, Nero also felt that he was an artist, so he often performed on stage. He held many very luxurious performances in the palace. He himself acted as a reciter, singer, performer, and even a gladiator on stage. During the performances

At that time, Nero would order the door of the theater to be closed, and the audience would not be allowed to leave midway. The audience really couldn't stand Nero's harsh singing and poor acting, so they all started to climb over the wall to escape!

So Nero thought that no Romans appreciated his talent, so he led a huge troupe to perform in Greece. However, the Greeks greatly praised Nero's performance. Nero was very happy about this and felt that Greece was

He understood art, so he gave the Greeks autonomy! All of a sudden, Greece was out of the control of the Roman Empire, and from a province of the Roman Empire, it became the original Greece.

At this point, the Romans could no longer tolerate Nero's tyranny and betrayal of their territory. In 68 BC, the governors of the Roman provinces of Spain and Gaul called on the people to resist together, and

Nero's Guards also joined the rebels.

Then Nero, who was betrayed by his relatives, was so frightened that he fled the city of Rome. In a villa on the outskirts, he looked up to the sky and sighed: What a great artist is about to die! Then he committed suicide.

In fact, Devil Nero was a title given to Nero by Roman civilians and even high-ranking officials, and that’s all we’ll talk about Nero.

In fact, from the incident of Devil Nero, we can also see that during this period, Rome lost the rule of Octavian and had begun to decline. Even this decline was still very serious. It can be said that the Roman emperor began to be incompetent.

, dissolute and immoral, and very extravagant! He even deliberately killed civilians and so on.

But we must understand that everything used by the Roman emperor, and even everything used to enjoy, were created by the common people of the Roman Empire, and also by slaves in more places, because Nero took them away after his tyranny.

The previous benevolent government was completely taken back. This was so chilling to the entire Roman common people and even the slaves.

But no matter what we say, anyway, in the city of Rome during this period, all the expenses were that the emperor exploited civilians and slaves, and then the nobles also exploited civilians and slaves. However, the Roman Empire is still very powerful, and the number of troops is also very large.
Chapter completed!