{"id":59895,"date":"2016-10-21T13:20:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=59895"},"modified":"2024-04-30T13:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:48:34","slug":"nero-and-caligula","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/nero-and-caligula\/","title":{"rendered":"Nero and Caligula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Nero and Caligula<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"2051d003b2940eb20b613f398e785c56\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR4da58997c649555b0bf251d50fb3ba66\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTR4da58997c649555b0bf251d50fb3ba66\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTR4da58997c649555b0bf251d50fb3ba66\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59895?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR4da58997c649555b0bf251d50fb3ba66&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/59895?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTR4da58997c649555b0bf251d50fb3ba66\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: April 4, 2017<\/h2>\n\n<h3>A Chancellor's Villiage Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/212131896\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Great Lives: Nero and Caligula\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Caligula-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Caligula-226x300.jpg 226w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Caligula.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p>For sheer tabloid pleasure it would be hard to beat Caligula and Nero, Rome's most scandalous emperors, and certainly the worst of Augustus's successors in the first century AD.  Sadism, incest, matricide and persecution of Christians and Jews, were just a few of their many misdeeds. It comes almost as a disappointment to learn that they were also serious policy makers with genuine successes to their names.<br \/>\nAt first Caligula cut taxes, made government more transparent and accessible, ended his predecessor\u2019s abuse of treason trials, helped fire victims and improved transportation, but then he went bad and perhaps mad. As for Nero, elite Romans despised his excesses but ordinary Romans revered him for cutting their taxes, lowering food costs, and sponsoring games and shows. Far from fiddling while Rome burned, he personally led the relief effort after the Great Fire. His generals put down revolts, defeated invasion and brought the aggressor to the bargaining table.<br \/>\nLearn the good, the bad and the ugly - but mostly the ugly - in a titillating talk that gives new meaning to the phrase, \"they don't make 'em like that anymore.\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Barry S. Strauss<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Strauss-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Strauss-150x150.png 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Strauss-50x50.png 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Strauss-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>Barry Strauss is a Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies and Chair of the Department of History, Cornell University. His latest book is <i>he Death of Caesar: The Story of History\u2019s Most Famous Assassination <\/i>(March 2015). He is the author of such books as <i>The Battle of Salamis <\/i> (2004), <i>The Spartacus War <\/i>(2009), and <i>Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and the Genius of Leadership <\/i>(2012), named respectively as one of the best books of the year by the <i>Washington Post<\/i>, <i>Books & Culture<\/i>, and <i>Bloomberg <\/i>. <i>Publishers Weekly <\/i>writes, \u201cNo one presents the military history of the ancient world with greater insight and panache than Strauss\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[213],"class_list":{"0":"post-59895","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-213","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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