(October 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm)Chuck Wrote: So were most other mid-to-late Roman emperors starting around 200 AD, one possibly exception might be Julian the "Apostate".
Depends on how you define the word 'thug'. If you mean something like "brutally ruthless", the Julio-Claudians were a pretty rough bunch overall. In his early days, Octavius ( Caesar Augustus) was a real cunt. Tiberius had his moments,as did Caligula and Nero. Roman culture itself was pretty thuggish by our standards.
