Augustus Ottavianus , the first of the emperors,
found a Rome of mud, turned it into marble.

Tiberius hereafter left it altogether,
Retiring in Capri, between cliffs and sea.

Caligula, third, he of the army sandals,
His favorite horse he made a senator.

The army (1) then made his uncle imperator,
‘an idiot’ they said, but Claudius had survived .

Then Nero ( Read more... )