1. Roman Emperors Emma Southon

3. 2010WW2WW1 AmericaVictorians Tudors... Romans

4. Crazy Emperors

5. What do you think about Caligula now?

6. How do we know this information?

8. Gossip March 13 th 2012February 24 th 2012

9. October 31st, 2011 November 26 th 2011

10. September 19 th 2011January 24 th 2012

11. Do YOU think all this is true?

13. Gossip

14. Why do tabloids lie?

15. To sell more copies For entertainment To tell a story Because truth is not important

16. What would future historians think about us?

17. Roman Tabloids Suetonius The Twelve Caesars Biographies Very exciting

18. Suetonius Lies Too... “He did not want people to think that Agrippa was his Grandad, because Agrippa was poor. He grew very angry if anyone wrote or sang that Agrippa was his ancestor.” Suetonius, Caligula: 23.

20. TRUE OR FALSE?

21. Good Emperors and Bad Emperors Augustus = Good Tiberius = Bad Caligula = Bad Claudius = Good Nero = Bad

22. Augustus 1.True 2.False 3.True 4.True 5.False

23. Tiberius 1. False 2. True 3. True 4. True 5. False

24. Caligula 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. True 5. False

25. Claudius 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. True

26. Why does Suetonius Lie? To fit his story For entertainment For morality Because the “Truth” is not important

27. What did we learn? Ancient historians lie (including me) My job is to find out what’s true And WHY ancient historians lie Crazy stories are always fun to read!