#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

10191.846 - 10215.678 Gregory Aldrete

And the next set of emperors, the Julio-Claudians, which is the family that Augustus starts, they all basically are who is the nearest male relative to the previous emperor. And that's how we get a lot of crazy emperors like Caligula or Nero. And then the next family, the Flavians, the first guy is kind of an Augustus. It's Vespasian, the one who builds the Flavian amphitheater.