Roman Emperors

by **Conserative Morality** » Sun May 28, 2017 6:57 pm

Split from the Trump thread, let's talk Rome and Roman Emperors! First question: favorite emperor? Vespasian #1 and if you answer otherwise you're wrong.

by **Napkiraly** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:03 pm

Sulla was the last great Roman.

by **Conserative Morality** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:04 pm

Napkiraly wrote:Sulla was the last great Roman.

The door is over there

by **Napkiraly** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:05 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Napkiraly wrote:Sulla was the last great Roman.

The door is over there

While the proscription is over here.

by **Amuaplye** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:05 pm

I'd say Augustus.

by **Lanian Empire** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:06 pm

Why would you give Julian the Apostate his own option but not Marcus Aurelius? XD

by **Conserative Morality** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:14 pm

Lanian Empire wrote:Why would you give Julian the Apostate his own option but not Marcus Aurelius? XD

Because there are only ten options available and Julian deserves a spot. He's in with the Five Good Emperors what more do you want?

by **Trollgaard** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:14 pm

I've always really liked Aurelian. Only reigned for 4 years I think, but won in the east and west to stabilize the security of the empire and started some economic reforms I believe to get the economy moving again.

by **The East Marches II** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:17 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Napkiraly wrote:Sulla was the last great Roman.

The door is over there

All Emperors are traitors tbh, Sulla was the last Great Roman.

by **Bakery Hill** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:20 pm

The Gracchus brothers.

by **Shikihara** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:21 pm

Between the best emperors, would be split between the two great 'philosopher kings' Julian the Apostate and Marcus Aurelius.

In terms of favorite, it would be a tie between those two and Caligula. The latter mainly because of how much he humiliated the stuck up patricians.

by **Thermodolia** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:24 pm

Diocletian is best emperor

by **Napkiraly** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:26 pm

Vespasian was a weak girly man tbh.

by **Conserative Morality** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:27 pm

Napkiraly wrote:Vespasian was a weak girly man tbh.

Why don't you say that to my face? I'll tax your shit right out of you.

by **Torrocca** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:28 pm

AVGVSTVS INVICTVS!

EDIT: made the ending to invictus proper.

by **Bakery Hill** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:28 pm

Napkiraly wrote:Vespasian was a weak girly man tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-AYYAyCuBE

by **Cedoria** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:29 pm

Augustus probably was objectively the best.

Tiberius was good too and often criticism of him was over-exaggerated or outright fabrications.

Claudius I find I really like (almost on par with Augustus), and think he did a fine job after the nightmare of Caligula. Also, as somebody with some physical impairments myself, I find an affinity with him:)

Marcus Aurelius I find a bit overrated, but Aurelian was really good, and would've done better if he'd stayed longer, ending the Third Century Crisis was no small feat.

And I still wish Julian the Apostate had won. We were doing very well in the West until monotheism screwed everything up. We've still not gotten over that poison, and probably never will. But calling him 'the best' is a bit of a stretch/

by **Shikihara** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:34 pm

Cedoria wrote:until monotheism screwed everything up.

Julian was a monotheist though, more in the Hindu sense than a Christian, but still a monotheist.

by **The East Marches II** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:34 pm

Bakery Hill wrote:The Gracchus brothers.

Also traitors. I'm gonna need alot of crosses.

by **United Muscovite Nations** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:38 pm

C O N S T A N T I N E

by **Napkiraly** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:38 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Napkiraly wrote:Vespasian was a weak girly man tbh.

Why don't you say that to my face? I'll tax your shit right out of you.

by **Rio Cana** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:39 pm

Hello, everyone knows it was the Iberian Trajan.

by **United Muscovite Nations** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:40 pm

Cedoria wrote:Augustus probably was objectively the best.

Tiberius was good too and often criticism of him was over-exaggerated or outright fabrications.

Claudius I find I really like (almost on par with Augustus), and think he did a fine job after the nightmare of Caligula. Also, as somebody with some physical impairments myself, I find an affinity with him:)

Marcus Aurelius I find a bit overrated, but Aurelian was really good, and would've done better if he'd stayed longer, ending the Third Century Crisis was no small feat.

And I still wish Julian the Apostate had won. We were doing very well in the West until monotheism screwed everything up. We've still not gotten over that poison, and probably never will. But calling him 'the best' is a bit of a stretch/

Julian the Apostate got his ass beat by the Sassanids, who were Monotheists, lmao.

Monotheism didn't screw anything up, and if you seriously think that, you need to read history books that aren't Edward Gibbon.

by **Cedoria** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:41 pm

The East Marches II wrote:
Bakery Hill wrote:The Gracchus brothers.

Also traitors. I'm gonna need alot of crosses.

Nah, the traitors were the aristocrats who killed them. And then they whined when the Populares in future used violence against the Senatorial faction... Guess what? they started it.

by **The East Marches II** » Sun May 28, 2017 7:42 pm

Cedoria wrote:
The East Marches II wrote:
Also traitors. I'm gonna need alot of crosses.

Nah, the traitors were the aristocrats who killed them. And then they whined when the Populares in future used violence against the Senatorial faction... Guess what? they started it.

The only people who started it were bandits trying to upset Rome's natural order. Sulla was divine vengeance.

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