The Roman Empire is one of the few unified empires in the West. Because of its unified imperial status and great reputation in history, people often compare it with the dynasties in China. There is a special gap between Rome and China's ancient dynasties, that is, the inheritance of the emperor's power, which is different from China's "family-oriented" inheritance. The Roman Empire inherited the throne, and the relationship between the two emperors before and after was varied and dazzling, and few of them were really related to the throne. Some people even claim that Roman rulers are more noble in spirit and do not "govern the country", but this is completely wrong. As early as the establishment of the Roman Empire, its founding emperor Augustus wanted to inherit the throne at home, but unfortunately he was unlucky and failed many times. Augustus Augustus the Great, the founding emperor of the Roman Empire, better known as Octavian, is the heir of Julius Caesar. He defeated Cicero, Brutu, Pompeii, Antony and other enemies all his life, and finally formally established the Roman Empire. Although this man has made outstanding achievements, compared with the founding emperors of other countries, Octavian has an extremely serious problem, that is, he is in poor health at a young age, often fainting and his face is often sallow. Such a body also leads to his poor fertility. He/kloc-entered politics at the age of 0/8, became the supreme ruler of Rome at the age of 29, and had only one daughter in his life at the age of 77. The heir's thin bloodline made it impossible for him to inherit his father even after his death. Therefore, Augustus chose to make a fuss about his daughter's lineage. Unlike Caesar, Augustus was an out-and-out political animal. His only daughter, Julia, was born with little Pompeii's sister. This is obviously a political marriage, so they divorced soon, and you, Leah, live with her mother. Augustus later chose Livia, who was originally married. As a result, Augustus forced Livia to divorce and married her two sons. Probably, it is precisely because Livia is a lady of high society, and she is young and has two strong sons, which makes Augustus think that if she marries Livia, she has great hope of having a son. Statue of agrippa, the founder of the Roman Empire. However, there are no sons and daughters of Augustus behind Levia. When his son couldn't do it here, Augustus took up the idea of his daughter Julia. He took her into the palace from his ex-wife and betrothed her to his close friend and loyal subordinate, the founding star agrippa. It is worth mentioning that agrippa is the same age as Augustus. Augustus' idea is simple. First, let your Leah spread branches and leaves for her blood and give birth to a powerful heir, but through marriage, ensure that agrippa can escort his family. At the same time, agrippa is Augustus' default next-generation Roman emperor, and even agrippa wants his descendants to inherit the throne, which is equivalent to Augustus' descendants. After all, a strong agrippa looks certain to outlive Augustus. Augustus' plan was half successful. Your Leah and agrippa did have three sons and two daughters, and his own family line has expanded several times. However, agrippa died. A powerful star died in front of the sick emperor. Most emperors don't know what they are happy about, but agrippa is the heir designated by Augustus! And you, Leah, are still young. In Augustus' view, she can have more children instead of just doing nothing, so Augustus did a very bad thing. Tiberius, the second emperor of the Roman Empire, remember the two sons of Li Xinyu Via? The eldest son Tiberius and the youngest son Deluce have now become promising young Roman politicians and generals. Previously, Durusu had married antonia Jr. under the arrangement of Augustus. This little antonia is the daughter of Augustus' sister Octavian and his political rival Anthony, and is also the blood of the julius family. The wife of Tiberius, Vipsania, has nothing to do with the Julius family, so Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce and marry you, Liya. The immoral thing of forced marriage led Tiberius to be disheartened by politics and dissatisfied with his stepfather Augustus. At first, he tried to refuse, but his mother Livia came to persuade him to compromise. After all, although she is a stepfather, Livia still knows how cruel Augustus is. Tiberius married you reluctantly, Leah, but they didn't even have children. Tiberius always tried to reduce his meeting with Yulia, and then he simply hid in seclusion on the island and wrote to Augustus, saying that he had given up all his positions and talked about the afterlife as a civilian. Augustus didn't really kill Tiberius cruelly, but his daughter Yulia was widowed here and then had a scandal with others. Augustus has always advocated the traditional family virtue of monogamy, so for the sake of politics, he exiled and supervised his daughter Julia until her death. Deluce died of a recurrence of war wounds. Augustus didn't have many "children's cards" in his hand at this time. Deluce, Tiberius' younger brother, was obedient, but he inherited his sister's blood. Deluce died of a recurrence of an old injury three years before Tiberius left. Now, in Augustus' blood, there are only three grandchildren left in men. If someone says that the Romans really didn't "govern the country", what happens next will definitely hit these people in the face. Facing his young grandson, Augustus first chose the oldest gaius and Rukius, making them the first and second leaders of the so-called "Youth League". This "Youth League" was specially created by Augustus and forced all children in Rome to participate. It mainly carries out some basic political propaganda and military training. Obviously, it is an organization that cultivates the ability and establishes prestige for two grandchildren, and it is full of Augustus' selfishness. Later, when the two grandchildren grew up, Augustus sent them to provinces outside the Roman Empire to take charge of military operations. At that time, the Roman legion was invincible in the Mediterranean region, and the two grandchildren had both strong men and good soldiers. Basically, they can earn military service even if they lie down. However, something did happen. The war between Rome and Parthian Rukius went to Spain to take charge of military affairs. At this time, Spain basically became the territory of the Roman Empire, without any external danger. However, Rukis got sick on the way there and soon died in Marseilles! One of the two grandchildren died immediately, and Augustus collapsed internally, but he could only intensify his efforts to cultivate Gaius. Gaius lived up to expectations and went to the East to negotiate with the Parthian Empire, and achieved satisfactory results. He was also praised by the Parthian envoys. As a result, he was so happy. On the way back, he ran amok in the allied kingdom of Armenia, causing Armenians to defect. Gaius was not dead, but he was still injured. On the way back, he was angry and ashamed. Under psychological and physical pressure, he went. Two grandchildren are dead, and only three grandchildren can be raised. It's a pity that Postu Moose, the third grandson of Augustus, is cruel, not to mention the heir to the throne. He was soon exiled to the island by his grandfather Augustus. At this time, watching himself die day by day, Augustus, who was nearly 80 years old, had to bow his proud head and make peace with Tiberius, who lived in seclusion. So, before Augustus died, King Tiberius came back and successfully took over the power that Augustus prepared for his successor and became the second Roman emperor. However, if Augustus' dream of home and world ends here, it would be too underestimating him. As soon as Tiberius ascended the throne, he promoted the position of the famous Germanic Nicus-Arminius the Barbarian, who defeated the Roman legion in the Battle of Teutonburg Forest. Besides being a famous star, he is also the grandson of Augustus' sister. His wife is Augustus' granddaughter and Julia's daughter Agrippina! Look, Augustus took this idea to his granddaughter. The promotion of Germanic Nicholas' status is probably one of the conditions for the reconciliation between Augustus and Tiberius. The death of Germanicus However, before Tiberius died, Germanicus died of a sudden illness. Many people once thought Tiberius did it. However, considering that the third emperor of the Roman Empire was caligula, the son of Nicodemus, a German, most of this had nothing to do with Tiberius. But Germanicus' wife Agrippina has always believed that the emperor killed her husband. After caligula, the son of Germanic Nicholas, ascended the throne, he broke many political taboos of the upper class of the Roman Empire many times, portrayed himself as a god and squandered the state treasury. Therefore, his father Germanicus was quickly swept away. As a result, he was finally killed with his wife and children and became the first Roman emperor to be assassinated. However, was Augustus' blood cut off like this? Wrong. After caligula died, his uncle Claudius became emperor. When he was an uncle, everyone understood that the fourth emperor of the Roman Empire was the grandson of the first emperor Augustus' sister! So until the fourth emperor of the Roman Empire, isn't it a matter of "home and world"? Claudius' only problem may be that, like Tiberius, he is not a member of the Augustus family in name, but belongs to the Claudius family, which is why the first dynasty of the Roman Empire was called Julius Claudius Dynasty. The statue of little Agrippina and the last queen before his death, Emperor Claudius, is little Agrippina, the daughter of Augustus' great-granddaughter Agrippina. Look, both sides are Julius' blood. This little Agrippina, like his mother, is very proud of being a descendant of Augustus and has a great desire for power. Therefore, through court intrigue and poisoning Claudius, he succeeded in making his son Emperor Nero. Nero, the fifth emperor of the Roman Empire, was not the son of Claudius, but what many people didn't expect was that he not only inherited the blood of Augustus' mother, but also inherited the ex-husband of his father George W Agrippina and the grandson of Augustus' sister Octavia! Looking around, the four emperors behind the Roman Empire, except Tiberius, are all descendants of the julius family. If this is not the "home of the world", what can it be? However, Augustus' "home world" finally came to an end here in Nero. In fact, the human heart of the Roman Empire has almost formed an axiomatic existence here in Nero. Since Caesar's death, Augustus deified his former ruler and sent him to the temple for worship. In this case, his successor naturally became the "son of God". In ancient times, if this way continued for several generations, a family would be consecrated in people's hearts and become a royal family endowed by fate, such as caligula and Nero. Nero, the fifth emperor, committed suicide, and his death marked the failure of Augustus' ambition to "live in the world". Unfortunately, Emperor Nero acted rashly first, which led to the dissatisfaction of the Roman upper class aristocrats, and made them suspicious of his men. He killed the famous Corbro and failed to support the generals who could compete with Corbro, which led many senior officers to leave Germany for him. Finally, he killed his mother, little Agrippina! Although George W Agrippina's death was largely attributed to his own autocracy, her lineage was one of the main reasons for Nero's succession to the throne. It can be said that the death of George W. Agrippina caused Nero's throne to suddenly lack the blood support of Augustus. Of course, the most direct reason is Nero's death. Nero committed suicide in despair after the guards rebelled. After Nero died, a usurper succeeded him to the throne. Unfortunately, due to political struggle, four emperors appeared in just one year. However, no matter who ascended the throne, Augustus' carefully planned efforts to "rule the world" have actually failed here, because the Roman Empire has entered an era in which whoever has strong weapons will ascend the throne, and the "sanctity" of the status of the Roman emperor has become thinner and thinner with the abnormal death of the emperor. Therefore, in fact, the Roman Empire did not practice "family rule", but could not practice "family rule".