With a tip of the hat to the universe of Robert Graves, on this day in DCCLXIV AUC, the Roman general and Princips Tiberius, the penultimate of Augustus heirs, died in a battle in the last great Dalmatian revolt. This left only Germanicus, who followed Augutus in DCCLXX, ruling until DCCCIV. His reign started badly, however, as he attempted to play the same role as Augustus: that of the reluctant public servant who wants nothing more than to serve the state. This ended up throwing the entire affair into confusion, and rather than humble, he came across as derisive; rather than seeming to want to serve the state, he seemed obstructive. He stated he did not wish the position, and then proceeded to ask for only a section of the state. He finally relented and accepted the powers voted to him, though according to Tacitus and Suetonius he refused to bear the titles Pater Patriae, Imperator, and Augustus, and declined the most solid emblem of the Princeps, the Civic Crown and laurels. Germanicus seems to have wished for the Senate and the state to simply act without him, imagining the Republic might simply resume its functioning, and his direct orders were rather vague, inspiring debate more on what he actually meant than on passing his legislation, but in his first few years, he seemed to have wanted the Senate to act on its own, rather than as a servant to his will as it had been under Augustus. Problems arose quickly for the new Princeps. The Roman legions posted in Pannonia and in Germania had not been paid the bonuses promised them by Augustus, and after a short period of time mutinied when it was clear that a response from Germanicus was not quickly forthcoming. Germanicus and Tiberiuss son, Drusus Castor, went with a small force, but, rather than simply quell the mutiny however, Germanicus rallied the mutineers and led them on a short campaign across the Rhine into Germanic territory, stating that whatever treasure they could grab would count as their bonus. Germanicuss forces crossed the Rhine and quickly occupied all of the territory between the Rhine and the Elbe. Additionally, Tacitus records the capture of the Teutoburg forest and the reclaiming of Roman standards lost years before by Publius Quinctilius Varus, when three Roman legions and its auxiliary cohorts had been ambushed by Germanic tribes. Germanicus had managed to deal a significant blow to Romes enemies, quell an uprising of troops, and returned lost standards to Rome, actions that increased the fame and legend of the already very popular Germanicus with the Roman people. After his triumph, the first since Augustuss over Cleopatra, he accepted the title of Augustus Drusus was sent to the East, and was recognized as heir apparent. (For convenience, reverting to Gregorian dates) In 20 CE, he re-established the assembly, in a new form. Every tribe in Rome, AND additionally every class, and every region in Italy, and some outside it, would biannually elect a tribune, some two hundred in all, as he created over thirty new tribes, including some that were ethnic, such as the Greek tribes of Dorics, Ionics, and Asiatics, and the Jewish and Samaritan tribes. These could be elected at age twenty five, and with the ten annual tribunes of the people as a whole (in Rome), who were the only ones who could initiate legislation aside from Germanicus, constituted the Assembly, which Germanicus made the forum of debate, with his brother, Claudius Stammerous, as the tribune for Germanicus own tribe as his Prime Minister pro Legislastion, on the excellent grounds that his lack of dignity would encourage a disrespect that would make debate possible, while his intelligence would still direct it. The Senate had to assent to its legislation as related to finance, and had exclusive control over foreign affairs. As a member of the Senate, Claudius was also his minister of finance. The other ministers were appointed from the ten Tribunes of the people, as they could propose legislation. The sytem worked, becoming the basis of an efficient government. Claudius, in 30 CE, was replaced as Prime Minister by Castor, and acompanying Herod Agrippa to see his installation as King. An unintended side effect was the invention of printing by Claudius Bonavillas, who invented printed paper money, applied the technique to maps, then to print, starting with government proclamations, and working his way up before the end of end of Germnicuss reign to an Alphabeta, a Biblos (The collected works of Homer and Hesiod, in Greek) and a Latin translation of of Ptolemys Life of Alexander. During the reign of Nero, Claudius wouldpublish his Histories of Rome, Carthage, the Jews, the Greeks, and the Romans. Livy was published as well, and a start was made on both Plato and Latin writers, and more. The world fell in love with books. Another printing press opened in Alexandria. Soon, however, conterfeiting along with govern ment disregard lead to a financial crisis, but that is getting ahead of our story. While in his post as governor of the East, Claudius became aware that there was an heir of Herod at large as a religious teacher known as Yeshua bin Miriam, after his mother, who was of the Davidic line. He ascertained Yeshua saw his role as Messianic, not political, and indeed, was not a threat to order, only injustice, and, being enamoured of his religious philosophy, further ascertained Yeshua would be willing to forego the political kingship, in return for the High Priesthood and acknowledgement of his religious status as Davidic King, which actually gave him a power over Jews anywhere in the Empire, and Samaritans as well, once he aknowledged their Temple, and authorized others, although, as Israelites and not Jews, he was not their King. Oh, and a thousnad talents, and government funding, plus a works program for Galilee. Prince Nero is known as the farmer, and is credited with the invention of the horse collar in order to bring agriculture on a larger scale in northern Gaul. He was also such a bad horseman, he invented stirrups. His brother, Drusus, was mainly known for his drunkeness, a fault portially compensated for by his invention of distallation, which made him the richest man in Rome, even tho he died before he was forty. Romans fell in love with brandy, or vino volcano. But it was the youngest, Prince Gaius the Navigator, better known as Atlanticus, the victor in what everyone said was his insane war against Poseidon, who discovered the Antipodes, who may have had the greatest effect on history. The financial troubles at the beginning of Neros reign resulted in a Revolutionary War (76 - 83), which broke out upon his death with the abscense of a clear heir, since his son had just died organizing the newly conquered provinces of Mesopotamia, and resulted in the Second Republic, which lasted thru what some call the Third Roman Revolution ary War, (161-165) when the Christians, as God-lovers were called pulled off the Spartikus Revolt, which limited slavery to those taken in war, not their children. By this time, the steam engine, developed in Alexandria, was being used in Britain. Odd thing about contrafactuals and the game civilizations. Am I winning? I seemed to have misplaced Yeshua. Do you think he occulatated? Lets see, here are some pictures of Yeshua, and anything else I can find relevant.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:15:56 +0000
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