Rome: The Fall Of Caligula And Nero

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“We came, we saw, we conquered.” This famous quote from Caligula is still in use today.
Caligula and Nero were two of Rome’s worst emperors. They both had a share in the fall of Rome. While
Caligula’s spending habits were ruining Rome, his nephew, Nero, wasted the remaining of Rome’s money and laughed as his empire burned to the ground and rebuilt on a much larger, luxurious scale (Morey). These two men were known to be the main reason Rome fell. Caligula, or Gaius Caesar, was emperor of Rome from 37 to 41 AD (Halsall). The young emperor wasted a majority of Rome’s money in only two years (The Roman Empire 29-31). He spent money on banquets, parties, and useless wars. The emperor waged a war on the god Poseidon for having a drought.
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Caligula spent lots of Rome’s money on banquets and parties. He started his ruling spending money on the people but only after six months became ill and started spending the money for himself (The Roman Empire 29-38). Nero, on the other hand, lived a successful ruling until the end when he started to spend Rome’s money and he had his wife and mother killed. He also corrupted Rome and expected everyone to respect him but he did not respect anyone else. He went around Rome and disguised himself while mugging prostitutes. Nero also set Rome on fire and as Rome was burning, he laughed and played his harp as he watched his empire burn to the ground (The Roman Empire 29-38). He later spent money to rebuild on a much larger scale (Morey). Rome today is nowhere near how it was back then. No emperors to burn the city down. Caligula aided this by spending a majority of Rome’s money. Caligula killed people who disapprove him or talked bad about him. He became ill very quickly and soon after becoming emperor (The Roman Empire 29-38).
Nero, Caligula’s nephew, ran the city very well for the first five years then he became seriously ill.

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