Who were the Roman Emperors? [Clip 2:03]
From Julius Caesar to Caligula, from Nero to Hadrian, did the Roman Empire affect the Britain we know today? Who led the Britons against the Romans? Why did Claudius ride an elephant through Colchester? Find out a few of the quirky events from the Roman age of British history.
SOURCE: BBC Bitesize (2017), Who were the Roman Emperors?, Clickview, https://clickv.ie/w/vs_t
A list of Roman Emperors and their deeds [Duration: 11:12 mins]
A short description of every Roman Emperor from Augustus to Pertinax along with minor animations to show basic troop movements and locations of campaigns in the Empire.
SOURCE: The Tiny Library (2018), A list of Roman Emperors and their deeds, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/KzQNw8BW-8U
Meet Caligula [Duration: 55:08 mins]
Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known to us as Caligula. Caligula has now become known as Rome's most capricious tyrant, and the stories told about him are some of the most extraordinary told about any Roman emperor. But how much of his story is true?
SOURCE: SBS One (2013), Meet Caligula, posted on Clickview, https://clickv.ie/w/aPFt
Nero [Duration: 48:42]
Documentary on the Julio-Claudian emperor Nero.
SOURCE: BBC Knowledge (2018), Nero, posted on Clickview, https://clickv.ie/w/pOFt
Julius Caesar - Greatest Conqueror Ever? [Duration: 12:00 mins]
Julius Caesar was a brilliant political leader, and a formidable strategist in the battlefield, who will go down in history as one of the greatest conquerors of all time.
SOURCE: The infographic Show (2020), Julius Caesar - Greatest Conqueror Ever?, posted on Youtube, https://youtu.be/Z1NimVSJ8XI
I, Caesar - Augustus - 31BC-14AD [Duration: 49:05 mins]
Born Octavius, he founded a dynasty despite Rome's republican Senate. His rule lasted 45 years, steering the Empire towards its greatest period of power and prosperity.
SOURCE: History Channel (2014), I, Caesar - Augustus, posted on Clickview, https://clickv.ie/w/COFt
Marcus Aurelius - Philosopher Emperor [Duration: 22:39 mins]
Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-king whose reign was the last in the Roman Golden Age and the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. Marcus Aurelius presided over Rome during a difficult period of the early Germanic invasions and managed to keep the empire intact winning the Marcomannic Wars. He is known as one of the prominent adherents of the Stoicism school of philosophy as the author of famous Meditations.
SOURCE: Kings and Generals (2020), Marcus Aurelius - Philosopher Emperor, posted on YouTube, https://youtu.be/cLtDWIsOs1E
SOURCE: Conti, L., Easton, M., & Saldais, M. (2022). Oxford Big Ideas Humanities and Social Sciences 7. Oxford.
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