1. The Shape of Roman Imperial History 2. The Roman Republic 3. Caesar and the Suicide of the Republic 4. The First Emperor—Augustus 5. The Powers of Augustus 6. Succession Woes 7. Livia Drusilla, Empress of Rome 8. The Early Years of Tiberius 9. The Would-Be Emperor—Sejanus 10. The Mad Emperor? Caligula 11. Killing Caligula, Finding Claudius 12. The Odd Couple—Claudius and Messalina 13. Power and Poison—Agrippina and Claudius 14. Artist and Assassin—Nero 15. The Trouble with Christians 16. Dynasty's End—The Fall of Nero 17. The Long Year, A.D. 69 18. The First Flavian—Vespasian 19. The Last Flavians—Titus and Domitian 20. Pax Augusta—Nerva and Trajan 21. Trajan in Rome and in the East 22. The Eccentric Emperor—Hadrian 23. Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus 24. Marcus in the North and Commodus 25. Civil War and Septimius Severus 26. Caracalla and the Severan Dynasty 27. Emperor and City 28. Emperor and Empire 29. Emperor and Elite 30. Emperor and People 31. Emperor and Soldier 32. Chaos 33. Aurelian, Diocletian, and the Tetrarchy 34. Constantine—Rise to Power 35. The Christian Emperor—Constantine 36. Reflections on the Emperors of Rome