The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
This playlist brings together materials on the five emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula) and Claudius and Nero.
What this playlist includes:
56 lectures across 5 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Courses and Lectures
1. Augustus
Prof. Matthew Nicholls
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
1.1. The Sources – 04:07
1.2. The Battle of Actium, 31 BC – 12:06
1.3. The First Settlement, 27 BC – 18:46
1.4. The Second Settlement, 27-19 BC – 10:08
1.5. Military Achievements – 17:34
1.6. Poetry – 19:42
1.7. Coinage – 07:04
1.8. Livia – 06:00
1.9. Marcus Agrippa – 05:28
1.10. Tiberius – 05:29
1.11. Germanicus – 03:19
1.12. The Restoration of the Republic – 11:43
1.13. Religion – 10:58
1.14. Administrative Changes – 17:35
1.15. The Role of the Senate – 09:40
1.16. The Role of Equestrians – 04:18
1.17. The Role of Provincial Elites – 01:39
1.18. Social Networks – 02:42
1.19. Challenges and Conspiracies – 13:44
1.20. The Succession – 13:23
1.21. Res Gestae – 06:33
2. Tiberius
Prof. Matthew Nicholls
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
2.1. Introduction – 02:31
2.2. Family Background – 07:59
2.3. Accession and Successes – 12:37
2.4. The Treason Trials – 12:44
2.5. The Sources – 15:06
2.6. The Trial of Piso – 22:22
2.7. Sejanus – 16:53
3. Gaius (Caligula)
Prof. Matthew Nicholls
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
3.1. Introduction – 02:35
3.2. Sources, Family and Reign – 11:03
3.3. The Good – 10:13
3.4. The Bad – 07:23
3.5. And the Horse – 05:27
3.6. Religious Self-Presentation – 06:54
3.7. The Provinces – 06:00
3.8. Gaius and the Senate – 06:10
3.9. Assassination – 04:38
4. Claudius
Prof. Matthew Nicholls
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
4.1. Family Background and Accession – 07:39
4.2. The Army, Senate and the People – 09:38
4.3. Early Life and Upbringing – 09:31
4.4. His Reign: Army, Provinces, People – 11:38
4.5. His Reign: Senate – 12:45
4.6. Wives and Freedmen – 14:13
5. Nero
Prof. Matthew Nicholls
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
5.1. Historical Sources – 08:23
5.2. The Early Years of Nero’s Reign – 09:47
5.3. Nero’s Mother: Agrippina – 13:01
5.4. Nero's Wives: Octavia, Poppaea and Statilia Mes... – 06:53
5.5. The Pisonian Conspiracy, 65 AD – 07:38
5.6. The Great Fire of Rome, 64 AD – 09:32
5.7. Foreign Policy – 09:52
5.8. The End of Nero’s Reign – 08:54
5.9. Nero and Religion – 08:57
5.10. Nero's Administration of Empire – 04:06
5.11. Nero and the Senate – 10:03
5.12. Nero and the People – 12:51
5.13. Nero’s Golden Palace – 07:23
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