“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in others the conviction and will to carry on.” This quote can be applied towards the rule of Caligula but perhaps not in the way it was intended. Caligula was, in my opinion, a poor leader. Caligula’s rule was plagued with disasters that did nothing to further the progress of Rome, only strengthen the headaches of his successors. Emperors following Caligula had no choice but to take on the responsibility to fix what he had wronged. Caligula, being the third Roman Emperor, was placed in a position that was still relatively new to Rome. He, unfortunately, didn’t handle his rule as the two emperors prior to him.
Caesar Augustus was the first and often considered as one of the most important Roman Emperors. While preserving the outward form of the Roman Republic, he ruled as an autocrat for more than forty years. As emperor, he ended a century of civil wars and gave Rome an era of peace, prosperity, and imperial greatness,......
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