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(Examines the Triumvirate with Marc Anthony and Laepidus, the pursuit of Brutus and Cassius to Phillippi, defeat of Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium, Augustus' control of finance and the state, military exploits. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.; Robert Starring, actor)

(Discusses the reluctant emperor and his vices, the historical implications of the "line of succession" and the theme of corruptive power. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.; Robert Starring, actor)

(The child, the man, the emperor, the insane, the murderer, the suicide. Suetonius relishes the macabre details. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.; Robert Starring, actor)

(Portrays Claudius as an impaired child and as a scholar, who was despised by his parents and loved by artists, teachers, and knights. Views Claudius as a stable ruler and perhaps the only sane Julian. His marriage and the adoption of Nero. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.; Robert Starring, actor)

(Buttrey examines the contrast between Suetonius' gossip and historic fact, the boy emperor, the showman, his incest, his paranoia, his "art", his presidency over the beginning of the decline of the empire. Features: Theodore Buttrey, UM-Class.; Robert Starring, actor)