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Under Cæsars' Shadow

Chapter 1: UNDER CÆSARS’ SHADOW
By Henry Francis Colby
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A series of biographical sketches examines the reigns and personalities of Rome's early imperial rulers—Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero—and considers how their governments, vices, and public works shaped the social and moral climate of the first century. The author links these rulers' policies and characters to the environment into which Christianity emerged, discusses surviving monuments and ruins associated with their building projects, and supplies illustrative photographs and architectural descriptions. The volume blends narrative biography, cultural commentary, and material antiquarian detail to show how imperial power influenced everyday life and religious developments in that era.

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Title: Under Cæsars' Shadow

Author: Henry Francis Colby

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UNDER CÆSARS' SHADOW ***
                    Caius Julius Cæsar = Aurelia
                                       |
                    +------------------+-----+
                    |                        |
               Julius Cæsar                Julia = Atius Balbus
                                                 |
                                               Atia = Octavius
                                                    |
                             +----------------------+---+
                             |                          |
Scribonia  = Octavian AUGUSTUS = Livia              Octavia = Mark Antony
   1st wife |                       2d wife, divorced   |
            |                       from T.Cl. Nero     |
            |                             |             +--------+
            |                     +-------+-----------+          |
            |                     |                   |          |
            |       Vipsania = TIBERIUS = Julia    Drusus I = Antonia
            +----+    1st wife              2d wife         |
                 |                                          |
Marcellus  =  Julia  =  Agrippa                            |
   1st Husband        |   2d Husband                        |
TIBERIUS             |                                     |
   3d Husband         |   +------+--------------------+-----+
                      |   |      |                    |
         +------------+   |  Lavilla   Messalina = CLAUDIUS = Agrippina II
         |                |    5th wife                          6th wife
         |                |
      Agrippina I = Germanicus
                  |
              +---+----------+
              |              |
     Caius CALIGULA    Agrippina II = Cnæus Domitius
                                    |
                                    |
                        Lucius Domitius NERO

THE JULIAN FAMILY

Showing the relationship of the Five Emperors

Augustus,—the son of Julius Cæsar’s niece,—was the first Emperor. He was succeeded by his stepson, Tiberius; Tiberius by his brother’s grandson, Caligula; Caligula by his uncle, Claudius; and Claudius by his brother’s grandson,—who was also his own stepson,—Nero.

UNDER CÆSARS’ SHADOW

AUGUSTUS AS EMPEROR

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UNDER CÆSARS’
SHADOW

BY
HENRY FRANCIS COLBY, D.D.

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