A slightly better role model!

Tiberius was a common praenomen in Rome. It was attributed to people living near the Tiber. The Claudia gens adopted it.

That i can accept

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My first name is James, after Madison who wrote the Constitution

“I Claudius” was an amazing Miniseries. The acting was superb.

Glad you enjoyed them. Love your name!

Caligula & his nephew, Nero tie for most evil. Also Caligula had affairs with his sisters so read between the lines. Nero might be the result of one of those incestuous affairs.

Come now, the Most Smart (um) was of course Marcus Aurelius, the Most Radical (by far) Constantine, and the Most Evil..?? Augustus, of course.

@@wehaveasituation Come on now 🤣!

@@wehaveasituation why would you think Augustus as most evil? I would think he was probably the best politician out of all of them

Good comment. Thank you. Peace be unto you.

You are mostly wrong : he was a super-Paedo ! What he got up to on the isle of Capri shocked even Caligula ! He did not love his wife ! It was a hateful and loveless marriage of inconvenience : his true love ( Vipsania ) he had to put away for political reasons I read he was so strong he could poke his finger through an apple and moreover had a male priest's legs broken because he rebuffed his homosexual advances Watch 'I, Claudius' excellent and well-researched TV drama to get at the truth of the man He only nominated his even more depraved ( and adopted ) nephew : the infamous Caligula : so that his own miserable failings would be wiped out by stark contrast. I thank you for your time

Good point about his sexual proclivities likely being exaggerated or fabricated. At first, I was leaning towards some kind of mental breakdown, or maybe dementia, but it sounds like for most of his life, at least, before he became emperor, he was a respectable man, at least, by the standards of Roman morality.

Yeah its the go to move when trying to destroy a political opponent or tarnish their legacy after bested. Joan of Arc had a second in command, a Marshal of France I forget his name, but I very much believe he suffered something similar, he had an obscene amount of wealth and land, and then all of a sudden he went from being a pious respected man to being the worst person that ever lived, low and behold the people who accused him stood to gain all his lands and wealth. The accusations against him are just so insanely dark and farfetched its hard to believe, they portrayed him worse than any person in history Ive read up on, and this man was a brave supposedly pious defender of the faith and people just before hand.. its very hard to believe@@davidlucey1311

​@@13strange67u were on a roll there cuz i was rolling with u right up until that idiotic fantasy dogsh*t of a theory about Lil Cali,theres no way for him to know what a sick son of a wh*re his son is gonna be so u lost me there n because of that everything else coming from u is dogsh*t from one mistake but thats all it takes pal dont whine about it

Interesting.

No. The Praetorian never chose an emperor. They only removed the least powerful . By introducing empire by military command, Caesar was an idiot. Every emperor could be overthrown by another general , the Praetorian guard sanctioning it.

How about syphilis or demonic possession?

Thank you, I remember I Claudius fondly and George Baker's portrayal of Tiberius as a rather unimaginative figure.

Thank you - the channel is building slowly.

probably because he gets simple easily confirmed historical facts wrong as fuck Like in this video claiming the German dude was writing about kaiser Wilhelm the second in 1864... Wilhelm was five fucking years old in 1864...

He has less followers because only Morons inject modern day politics into Ancient history Discussions.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you - I agree I did not cover the historical context of sex with slaves and children in any detail. It is a fascinating subject, but probably not one that can be aired on KZfaq which is getting increasingly sensitive to anything controversial.

Who cares if they act out later in life what he did was wrong. In fact I had to search this up because pedophilia is becoming more common in the western world. The amount of sexual acts on kids has increased. The west has fallen exactly like rome did. These modern paedophiles get their inspiration from roman emperors like tiberius

@@professorgraemeyorston A society is in trouble when discussion of historical facts among adults becomes "controversial"!

I agree Tiberius seems to have genuinely not been interested in power; regarding your view that he took on the role of Princeps you must know the remark attributed to him by Suetonius that being Emperor of Rome was "like having a wolf by the ears"? Evokes the paranoid atmosphere of Roman politics very well I thought. Pace : )

You are very beautiful and you are very smart what a lovely face you have

Swam with naked children

What you say about Suetonius is true, but what you say of Tiberius could be said of Nero.

You mention Caligula being worse then Tiberius… either you never knew or have forgotten that it was Tiberius who killed various members of Caligulas family and enslaved Caligula for 6 years on the island of Capri when he was a young boy and exposed him to all manner of trauma and degradations. Forcing him to live with the same person who killed his own family. Now, I think you will want to consider again who exactly was worse? Tiberius was the one who derailed Caligulas entire life in his childhood and “schooled him” in all manners of degradations and traumatized him. In essence, he ushered Caligula into early madness and taught him all the horrors he knew as he was his template. Hopefully, most people, including Psychiatrists know this too, as you mentioned.

@@jordanlennox5435 Caligula was not "forced to live with the same person who killed his own family" - it is unlikely that Livia (well into her 80s when Caligula was with her) killed her own grandson, although Tacticus seemed to suspect she knew about Germanicus' murder. Tiberius had a combination of positive accomplishments and negative deeds. He was a good general in his younger days, and as emperor he managed the revenue intelligently. He may or may not have been complicit in the death of his adopted son Germanicus, Tacitus implies it but does not make the accusation. Caligula's 3 sisters and Germanicus' brother Claudius were unharmed. Caligula had no positive achievements - he killed people for the slightest reasons. He sent an army to the shores of Gaul to collect sea shells, then claimed to have conquered Britannia. Many others have had traumatic childhoods, but went on to become strong and successful adults.

I doubt anyone can be categorical about the Emperors' and Professor Yorston's evaluation is reasonable.

Thank you - the syphilis question is very contentious -it probably wasn't present in Europe at the time - but a very similar treponemal disease may have been - but we just don't know if this would have had the same effect on the brain as syphilis.

No, he couldn't have had syphilis, thar was brought back from the new world!!!

Skin diseases are really tough. Glad you got over it.

It is a lovely part of the world, and the limoncello adds to the atmosphere!

Sadly we fau to benefit for the bad parts of history (facts).... The woke rewriting of history abounds!

Welcome aboard! And I'm glad it was helpful! I'm just finishing one on Caligula which should be out soon.

Thank you.

I'm glad it was helpful.

I think there's a strong link between alcohol and psoriasis and depression that makes such conditions mutually reinforcing. Alcohol is a bad drug but is so central to many lives that it is commonly perceived as consolation for, rather than causative of, an ailment. I think this video made that kind of assumption at one point. As a depressant and trigger for inflammatory and allergic conditions, it's the part of the cycle of aforementioned ailments that can be broken. Family and personal experience too.

Thank you.

It is a theory that Romans had high levels of lead and there is some archaeological evidence from bones that this was the case. As always, interpretation and generalisability is complex -so it remains a possible theory.

Just one of his many strange edicts.

Interesting!

I'm not sure any of them were that pleasant.

Well...he did help raise Caligula. Makes sense he was a sicko too. He seemed somewhat normal in Rome then went crazy while hiding out at the Island? Prob had syphilis, etc..

Thank you.

Awesome, thank you!

Interesting - but which of those was the greatest human being?

@@professorgraemeyorston Ummm... If you care about the people and thus care what they think of you, then you probably should never have become a dictator. You could have become a Monarch - All the power of a dictator, but it comes with the love of the people. Or, if you genuinely care about the people, you could let them have a say in how they're governed - Representative forms of government would produce better rulers than any despotism. Unfortunately, things are never that neat in real life. Allow me to present the case of the Benevolent Dictator; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was the first "President" of modern day Turkey. Turkey was created by a committee of Allies, after WW1. Ataturk was following the tradition of the Ottoman Sultans (monarchy), but there were no more Sultans and no more Ottomans (Ottomen?) Anyway, he was a dictator, in a long line of absolute rulers. Nevertheless, he wanted Turkey to be a modern nation, that didn't kowtow to bullies in government. He ALSO didn't want the Muslims making his modern nation into a theocracy. So, he wrote a constitution which REQUIRED that the nation be secular and that no rulers after him could stay in office without being voted in there, by the people. He wrote it into the constitution, that if any leader looked like he was going to hold onto power, or if he looked like he was steering Turkey towards the Theocratic, the nation's military was REQUIRED to perform a coup against the would-be-despot. So there's a real-world example of a benevolent dictator,

Great books, great TV!

Thank you, I try to be thought provoking.

The syphilis like bone lesions that have been discovered have not been unequivocally confirmed as syphilis and bones showing these changes are extremely rare.

She was certainly a schemer, but I don't think you can blame everything Tiberius did on Livia.

Glad you enjoyed it.

So you put Boris Johnson and Donald Trump together as despots. Lefty views a bitter university educated numpty spouting off surprised you never brought up Brexit. Hopefully although I doubt it you're not giving lectures to impressionable students.

Well aren't you clever good documentary up till that point. Then your ego took over. Really should move on

I seem to have upset some people with those images, but others like them.

If given the power trump keeps saying what he's going to do. Take him at his word.

@@professorgraemeyorston ...truly immature...

@@veseyvonveitinghof It's just another run of the mill social justice fairy swinging his purse.

@@veseyvonveitinghofyep, Tr*mp never does anything immature. He never calls anyone names. He never insults or mocks anyone. He’s a bastion of classy, totally non-villainous behavior.

There were plenty of bad ones!

Thank you.

Thank you, welcome aboard!

He was a complex character Tiberius - much like his great nephew Caligula - coming soon!

Thank you, I have done a short film film on him and was planning a longer one - the problem is KZfaq would probably rate it 18 and hardly anyone would get to see it.

@@professorgraemeyorston Ah, and I never watch shorts, lol, but I will be sure to do so in this case. Completely understand the subject matter issue. Thank you for your reply and, again, for your utterly fascinating work here!

Thank you.

Thank you. I try to stay clear of politics. My point was to show that all politicians, whatever their flavour are at risk of being corrupted by power.

It is impossible to know, but the two historians were working independently and probably didn't know of each others' work.

He was delightfully roguish! I saw him in Macbeth once - he was great!

Thank you.

'most military infantry men and women have frontal lobe injuries' citation please? This sounds like arrant nonsense.

@@spartan.falbion2761 I'm definitely not uploading my husband's VA medical records

@@spartan.falbion2761 I can help point to information type frontal lobe damage infantry due to traumatic brain injury into Google. Then, type in at what age does the frontal lobe fully develop.

@@spartan.falbion2761 Unfortunately, KZfaq doesn't allow hyperlinks. I would be more than willing to help in understanding. There's a great possibility I would also learn something as well. The only other knowledge on the subject matter is from working with neurologists.

Yes, that would be an interesting topic.

@@professorgraemeyorston, thank you.

Apologies! It is the background music - not one of my better choices!

Thank you, welcome aboard.

Graves stuck very closely to the original sources, but in a few places he invents things.

But it wasn't present in the Roman world.

@professorgraemeyorston yes it was. Syphilis has been around since time began. And Syphilis mutated just like viruses do. Like the Asian black clap. It is a form of gonorrhea that cannot be cured. It causes tissue necrosis, hence the name black clap. Things rot off. Right now, there are several treatment resistant strains of Syphilis and gonorrhea in America. Because they've become immune to the antibiotics used to treat it. Like the 2.4 million units of penicillin. Times 2 to treat the clap. Aka the silver bullets. Not to mention, hygiene sucked back then. People defecated and urinated in water sources. Creating enormous hotbed of bacteria, fungus, viruses, and other parasites that weakened and destroyed the immune system. Tiberius was rampant and hypersexual. He was kinda like the hypersexual homosexual community during the 70s and 80s when HIV popped up.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you.

Thank you - I must have been thinking of medication!

Thank you good suggestion.

Money and power go hand in hand.

Well then, I'd be happy to take that evil, corrupted money off your hands.

Definitely not. Hopefully you never have to deal with having a friend or loved one suffer from serious mental illness, and don't have to find out how valuable the work of a good psychiatrist is, both to the patient and their family.

what part of forensic is confusing you Also the dude who made this video gets basic shit wrong Like his claim the German guy was writing about Wilhelm the second in 1864… Not likely given Wilhelm the second was five fucking years old in 1864...

@@pagansmc13 You're projecting. What part of QUACK confuses you ? "Forensic Psychiatry' is by definition utter nonsense...a con job....pure quackery.

@@pagansmc13 What part of quack is confusing you ? I happen to believe that the entire field is worthless nonsense. But practicing psychiatry on a dead person/dead people should be obvious to everyone as such. If you think any truth or anything at all of value is revealed by "forensic psychiatry", you're on the same intellectual level as one who believes in ouija boards and spiritual mediums and seances.

​@@mikefallopian3191Being anti psychiatry in the abstract sounds like crankery to me. Or something personal.

Thank you.

It does indeed.

Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.

Glad you liked it, some people have been less enthusiastic.

@@professorgraemeyorston If I may say so, screw 'em.

Like me..Your very sad and blind @@professorgraemeyorston

@@jomon723 It's "you're".

Interesting point - some historians blame the whole fall of the Roman empire on lead poisoning and high levels of lead have been found in Roman age skeletons.

I was simply trying to suggest that all leaders are at risk of falling into the trap of power corrupting.

Can you please define "woke" for us? Thanks.

I Claudius , I imagine you've read Gibbon's also , it would certainly explain a lot of ??? All hail Caesar 🌍✌️🌎

Suetonius certainly has a more gossipy tone, but it wasn't just tittle tattle...and what should we use if we don't use them?

Thank you Julius, this will help fund further videos - do you have any suggestions of topics you'd like covered.

Thank you - just enjoyed your video.

@@professorgraemeyorston Thank you! I enjoy yours too.

I think there were plenty of evil and twisted emperors!

I absolutely agree. That shows an agenda to be sure. This guy lost all credibility with me at that moment.

I am not suggesting they are deviant, simply that all leaders are at risk of abusing their power - whether they do so or have done so is a matter or personal interpretation.

He’s a professor so he’s most. Likely a Marxist who loves Xi and Biden

Yes cheap discrimination

@@MackMateCom Marxists gunna Marxist lol

He started well as he listened to his advisors, things went downhill when he started making decisions himself.

It's KZfaq, not a medical journal. People are allowed a sense of irony or humor. Lighten up, Francis.

I know some people find it annoying, but JC is not everybody's lord so AD is problematic.

Possibly, but maybe there was some truth in what they said.

Good question, I like tangential! It's not as if it was a common name in the 1960s.