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I. Short history of the early Roman Empire: Augustus
     A.After Actium
     B.The aristocracy
     C.The military
     D.The people
     E.Augustus' position
     F.Augustus' legacy
II.The successors
     A.all problematic
          1.Tiberius was a 'second' (or third/fourth) choice (14-37)
          2.Gaius was crazy (37-41)
          3.Claudius inexperienced (41-54)
          4.Nero was young (54-68)
     B.successors and the elite
III.The Empire outside Rome
IV.Sources for Nero
     A. Suetonius (ca. 70-130)
     B. Tacitus (ca. 56-120's)
     C. Cassius Dio (ca. 164-after 229)
V.Early life
     A.digression: Seneca
VI.Quinquennium I: (54-59): the "Golden Age"
VII.Quinquennium II (59-64)
VIII.The end
IX.Evaulation of Nero