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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4537185, member: 111387&quot;]Look at their portraits for insight in to what kind of character these emperors likely possessed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Guys like Augustus, Pius, Hadrian, Trajan, M Aurelius etc.(while stern) looked for the most part as honorable dudes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero - looked like a pompous meathead jerk.&nbsp; Caligula? - a spoiled sociopath rich kid that likes to torture animals.&nbsp; Domitian? - Schoolyard bully.&nbsp; Commodus - Vain, narcissistic D.B. Tiberius? - Evil incarnate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero was a megalomaniac, yet also extremely insecure.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t even want to be emperor, yet when given the title, he relished it.&nbsp; If anyone wants an idea what Nero was like, one only has to look at the current POTUS...&nbsp; So craving of attention and absolutely incompetent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus found Rome made of clay and left it in marble.&nbsp; Nero left it in ashes, literally and figuratively.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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