Claudius was the best if not the only good emperor the Roman

>>3341118
Augsustus set up a system where even crazy people being giving dictatorial power wasnt enough to break the system. He and dioceltian are objectively the best emporers for taking broken systems and fixing them. I place Augustus higher because Dioceltians big reform arround inheritance fell apart after his death.

>>3341118
>Not making horse a consul

>>3341180
Is this the ultimate redpill?

>>3341181
Of coursh

>>3341118
Hadrian.

>>3341181
>makes horse consul
>zero chance to get ambitious and plot against you
literally thinking three steps ahead at all times

>>3341151
>>3341151
>Hadrian.
>Augustus
>Dioceltian
>implying doing nothing wrong makes you good
Claudius was fucking perfection when it came to emperor's only criticism is that he recognized wise slaves and rather then disregarding for being slaves, elevated them and listened to their opinions on matters

C-C-Claw-Claw-Caudius!

>>3341384
Shall speak clear!

>>3341186
I was wondering what would break first, the Senate or the Imperator.

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>forgetting about the Optimus Princeps

He was good but he should have dealt with Agrippina before he died and secured Britannicus' succession.

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>>3341118
>>3341151
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>>3341186
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>>3343346
>not mentioning the one and the only Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus
>>3343308
I see you're a man of culture as well

>>3341151
>Augsustus set up a system where even crazy people being giving dictatorial power wasnt enough to break the system
I'm not sure that's really such a strong indicator of a great man. Many nations had insane monarchs but that didn't end the monarchy. Note that Caligula was assassinated, the assassin's were killed by the emperor's bodyguards (professional killers who would be out of a job without an emperor) who then immediately proclaim a new emperor so they remain relevant. Claudius is then able to press his claim because of support from the military, which had been paid substantial bonuses after the deaths of Augustus and Tiberius. Monarchy has a very strong built in inertia because of all the professional murderers it employs.

>>3343388
>the assassin's were killed by the emperor's bodyguards

>Forgetting that the assassins themselves were also Praetorians

>>3343402
They were? I thought they were senators.

>>3343447
One of them was a Praetorian officer who literally couldn't take Caligulas bants.

>Chaerea was disturbed by the increasingly unbalanced emperor, and angered at Caligula's mocking of his voice and of his supposed or real effeminacy. Suetonius reported that whenever Caligula had Chaerea kiss his ring, Caligula would "hold out his hand to kiss, forming and moving it in an obscene fashion".[2] Chaerea was also made to use degrading watch-words at night, including "Venus" (slang for a male eunuch) and "Priapus" (erection).[2]