Those are the two that tend to spring to mind more quickly; however, Tiberius' reign wasn't all rainbows and cupcakes, and that was not far into the imperial age, so I like to use it as an example (plus, you know who came right after him and who put him there).
No, I don't really have any desire for an emperor.
Fun fact: Tiberius did in fact have his own “Paradise Island” where he’d sexually exploit children kidnapped from around the Roman Empire. He must have been a Democrat lol.
He was also very paranoid and routinely killed people he thought might oppose him -- not a great political atmosphere. And then he chose Caligula as his successor -- because the legions liked him.
Those are the two that tend to spring to mind more quickly; however, Tiberius' reign wasn't all rainbows and cupcakes, and that was not far into the imperial age, so I like to use it as an example (plus, you know who came right after him and who put him there).
No, I don't really have any desire for an emperor.
Fun fact: Tiberius did in fact have his own “Paradise Island” where he’d sexually exploit children kidnapped from around the Roman Empire. He must have been a Democrat lol.
He was also very paranoid and routinely killed people he thought might oppose him -- not a great political atmosphere. And then he chose Caligula as his successor -- because the legions liked him.
Yeah, no, we don't want that.