Obi-Wan suggests having a fully stocked utility belt. Guess who forgot their lightsabers?

                Today in Western Civilization we finished our PowerPoint on Ancient Rome. I just want to mention that today is Star Wars day and that I forgot to bring my lightsabers to school. We began the section of the PowerPoint designated to the emperors of Rome, and we started off on Tiberius. Tiberius ruled from 14 AD to 37 AD, and was a good general, but a reluctant emperor. After the death of his son, he exiled himself from Rome so he wouldn’t have to be emperor anymore, and he died at age 77. Next was Caligula, who ruled from 37 AD to 41 AD, and won a power struggle to become emperor. He was cruel, extravagant, and perverse (basically insane), but was eventually assassinated by a group of Praetorian guards, Senators, and the imperial court. They then tried to re-establish the Republic, however they failed. Claudius was then elected emperor, and ruled from 41 AD to 54 AD. He had many, many infirmities, mostly to do with cerebral palsy, but despite these infirmities he was a good emperor. He was only picked as emperor because he was the last male in his family, but he ruled well, built many roads, aqueducts, canals, and started conquering Britain. Unfortunately, his last wife poisoned him because she wanted her son Nero to be emperor immediately. Nero ruled from 54 AD to 68 AD. He emphasized the arts, however he wasn’t very smart. There was a large fire in Rome in 64 AD, and he made almost no effort to do anything about it. After this fire, he wanted to rebuild Rome majestically, however he overspent, and had to raid temples for money. Historians tend to dislike Nero for this, and his name even encodes 666 in some format, making him associated with the apocalypse because of his Christian persecution and killing.