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

1460.167 - 1481.438 Gregory Aldrete

So back to the idea of one guy in charge, though the Romans try to pretend it's not like a king, it's something else. Anyway, we can get into that. But they're very touchy about kings. So they have emperors. Roman Empire, the first emperor is Augustus. Starts off as Octavian, switches his name to Augustus when he becomes emperor. He kind of sets the model for what happens.

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