A Day in the Life of a Roman Emperor

The job of a Roman Emperor varied a lot depending on the circumstance: some emperors led their armies in the field, some were builders, some were schemers, some were philosophers, others were artists. But for a normal person, being the emperor was a terrible dead-end job where nothing made sense.

Music (in order of first appearance):
Andrew Vovchyna - Romans
Mr B Music Studio - Circus Parade
Ollmah - Comedy Parade
Hein Kiessling - Temptation Sensation (Always Sunny theme)
Suno AI - Rome Rumble
Easy Tunes - Silent Bossa Nova
PianoDays - Caribbean Beach
Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Pantheon Music - Spy Jazz
original_soundtrack - Brazil

[chasemcnab]

Tiberius was the epitome of “smartest man in the room but only because everyone else is an idiot.”

[MalikF]

Tiberius hated being emperor so much he moved to Capri and ruled the empire from a cliffside—probably so he could jump off if anyone mentioned Senate politics again.

[AHersheyHere]

“Giving Bodyguards a bonus if they fail their job is not an efficient form of government!”

[dlxmarks]

Majority of emperors: "I hate this lousy job."
Praetorian guards: "Don't worry. You won't have it for long."

[Xalerdane]

Tiberius’s life in a nutshell: **insert sound of forehead being slammed against the desk in frustration here**

[ezra]

The only man who hated being emperor more than anything else. Also not very happy about divorcing his first wife, he was left depressed and resentful towards Augustus for getting him into this situation.
P.s. forgot this, but Tiberius also was very drunk, depressed and miserable by the end of his life, not really caring anymore about whatever stupid crap the senate was doing.

[wyatt]

Ancient Rome was basically Hollywood in antiquity

[Crusty_Comrad]

the best thing that can be said about tiberius is that he ruled for over a decade of relative peace without a civil war before or after his reign. A rare feat indeed.

[Jekyllstein_Gray]

Now I want a wacky sitcom about a Roman emperor and some senators.

[KingOzzius]

sounds like the senate was just an ancient cross between Ace Attorney and a bad sitcom...

[MatthewTheWanderer]

"Suck up and bicker"... Sounds like the modern U.S. Senate, lol.

[symmetrymilton]

Assasination speedrun time. Who has the record for shortest term before dying?

[ryanjeffery]

This episode actually puts context into Gladiator 2. The senate in Gladiotor 2 basically did this exact same thing. How on earth did Maximus think these idiots knew what was best for Rome. Made me think that Maximus was the villain we didn't even know we had.

[Salamon]

I am surprised you left out Livia's purported machinations to kill those all in front of Tiberius inheriting. It would have made for a funny joke of: "Mom... but I don't wanna be Emperor--I just wanna be a soldier", with Livia replying, "Mother knows best".

[DrunkenCoward]

The Senate Cases remind me of the "Court of the People" from Joe Abercrombie'Age of Madness trilogy.
Just people getting pulled in front of the court for random shit - but instead of by nobles, it's by the other side.

[mart]

Jack, you're the best. People will embrace this channel for another 1400 years.

[dlxmarks]

It should be mentioned that Sejanus was executed after being condemned by the Senate 6 years before Tiberius' death. His fall from power is not clearly understood but he had become consul and was engaged to Tiberius' (from his dead brother) niece Livilla. Tiberius and/or the Senate probably realized that Sejanus was emperor in all but name and took him out.

[ilovemesomme]

Aurelian restored the empire, and yet he was betrayed and died all the same.

[KroiAlbanoiArbanon]

No one deserves a comedy skit more than the roman empire.

[ChristAliveForevermore]

Dude I love your videos! I can't stop watching them! You're so witty, you gotta make more!