Five Dictators Of Rome (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

For centuries, Rome was a republic, with proud citizens and limits on the power of any individual. Then came Julius Caesar, across the Rubicon, civil war, and the age of the emperor. A dynasty. Five dictators in the House of Caesar: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Their names still bespeak power and excess. They came with the language of the Republic, but the reality of dictatorship. This hour On Point, historian Tom Holland on these five dictators of Rome. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/01/20/rome-dictators-nero-history