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Commodus: Considered by some to be the worst Roman emperor, Commodus was known for his cruelty, sadism, and undignified behavior in the arena. His poor leadership led to chaos and bankruptcy, and he was eventually strangled to death in his bath
And wanna know why he was strangled in the bath? He left his hit list out in the open at his mistress’ house with her name at the top of the list. She then went to the #2 person on the list and needless to say they decided to take action before he could kill them
Nero didn't fiddle as Rome burned, he wasn't even in the city! More so, when word reached him of the fire, he hurried to Rome and opened his palace to those that lost their homes. Caligula didn't make his horse a consul. That was written down by historians long after his death. More likely he once said "This consul is so dumb that my horse would made a better consul than him," and over time it evolved. Historian: "The army loved Caracalla." WatchMojo: "And if you want a real-life Joffrey-" Could have edited it better ;p Also Caracalla made everybody living in Roman Empire a citizen of Rome, and while he did it to take taxes from them it was still good. Don't get me started about Tiberius. Dude never wanted to be the emperor, Augustus forced this on him after previously ruining his life. Instead of wasting gold on wars on excessive celebrations, he strengthened military bases and build new ones, solved problems diplomatically, and managed to save a crapload of money for the imperial treasury. The treason trials are exaggerated; only 52 people were on trial for treason during his entire reign as emperor, half of whom were declared innocent and 4 sentenced by the senate, not Tiberius.
@@zanethind as a rule of thumb, how emperors treated Christians massively impacted how medieval historians wrote about them. So Nero loses a lot of points there. More objectively I'd say he was middle of the pack, not great not terrible. Doesn't make it into the top 10 worst list.
I would've replaced Domition with Valentinian III. Ruler of the Western Roman Empire from 425-455, Valentinian was mainly a puppet, first to his mother and then to the Roman General Flavius Aetius. During his reign, southern Gaul was overrun by the Visigoths and Hispania by the Suebi, North Africa, the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, was lost to the Vandals, along with Corsica and Sardinia. The Huns ravaged Gaul and Italy and Belgica was practically lost to the Franks. By the end of his reign, Aetius was the only person keeping the Western Empire together, but a desire for independent power caused Valentinian to assassinate him in 454 C.E. This would backfire on him as supporters of Aetius would assassinate him shortly afterward. Without Aetius to prepare a defense, the Vandals sacked Rome later that year.
As a history professor, I can tell you that many of these leaders were probably less evil, or atleast did some positive acts in their lives. The histories and documents we have were written by political men after these "tyrants" died. It's quiet easy to change people's opinions when u control the past. That's why we normally use contemporary sources as well now to get a clearer look at these men.
It's possible Nero ordered backfires to be set to help quell the conflagration. Also, he opened his garden to refugees from the fire. So it's doubtful he set the conflagration deliberately. Also, Caligula never appointed his horse Incitatus as senator or consul. He threatened to do it, but never did in reality.
Both Caligula and Caracalla went by their nicknames, which were both items of clothes. Caligula, born Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was given the cognomen "Caligula" because in his youth he always wore his own pair of the standard issue boots that the Roman legionaries wore. Meanwhile, Caracalla, born Lucius Septimius Bassianus was given the cognomen "Caracalla" because he would often wear a type of hooded tunic from Gaul of the same name.
I still wonder how they existed so long considering how chaotic they were financially and diplomatic wise they were. Their military, desire to conquer other countries, and ability to negotiate were their only saving grace and even then, they got lucky many many times
Here's some facts about Maxamius Thrax. He was a giant about 8 ft tall. His thumb was so big he wore his wife's bracelet around his thumb as a ring. He was the only emperor of Rome to never step foot in the city. He and his son was assassinated and their heads put on spikes outside the walls of Rome.
I am not a historian, except by hobby, but this list is pretty solid. My middle name is Tiberius, not after the emperor, but after James Tiberius Kirk. The Roman emperors were nearly all ruthless scoundrels. Is there a list of the most renowned good emperors? It's hard to think of one.
I would have thought that there were worse emperors rather than the unfortunate Valerian and the incompetent Honorius. Caracalla deserves an asterisk. Brutal, though he was, for some reason his relationship with the Jewish community tended to be positive. When he died, it was said that a special bond had snapped.
Some problems with this Top 10. Tiberius was one of the better emperors that Rome had, and tales of tyranny from him are massively overstated, Claudius had purged far more than Tiberius ever did, and his reign was known for his effective administration that reduced spending and consolidating the gains made by Augustus. while Domitian was one Rome's best emperors, his economic program brought the currency to a standard it was never again able to achieve, and he pursued a peaceful foreign policy while constructing a line of defenses along the Rhine and Danubian provinces, known as the Lime Germanicus.
I knew Caligula would be #1 when i saw the title of this list! I find him fascinating, not that i think hes good, hes definitely evil but just the psychology of what would cause a person to end up like that is very interesting.
I would add Alexios IV Angelos to the list, for asking help from Crusaders, promising to pay, but when he took the throne, he realized that he had no funds.
Nero built a gigantic bronze statue of himself made known as the Colossus of Nero. It ended up near the Colosseum (which is where it got its name). Commodus during his reign, replaced the head with one of himself in the likeness of Hercules.
Nero and Caligula have very concrete and special reasons as to why they're so hated: Caligula hated the senate with passion (as did Domitian but he was actually a good ruler) and for example brought back the treason trials even though he promised he wouldn't, and Nero because of his Christian persecution, which was considered harmless and justified back in those days actually. The damage they caused to the empire could be recovered and fixed. Commodus on the other hand never in his life did anything good or positive. After a couple of assassinations attempts he just went nuts and spent a decade destroying the empire, and one could argue he succeeded because what came after was never the same. And even if there were some high points after him the die was cast and the damage his rule did was irreparable. To me he's the worst by far.
I'm surprised that Diocletian was not included in this list. I understand that he was a great leader and all, but his Great Persecution against Christians usually puts him among the worst.
I certainly do not think, that Valerian nor Tiberius deserve to be named as some of the "worst" emporers. Neither do Maximus Thraex. Or do you simply needed three names to make the 10 full? Why not Valentinian III? Who "cut of his right hand with his left", by murdering Flavius Aetius, the "last Roman", who - more or less - had held the Empire together for decades?
China, Africa, Japan even the Mongols had greater kingdoms and even were more advanced than Rome, Before even Rome became an Empire, China already had fireworks and invented the first gun, Japan mastered blacksmithing, Africa had cities that housed some of the richest kings on the planet and Mongol made the most highly advanced Bows on the planet.
After seeing current political events distorted and reshaped right in front of our noses in real time, I'm skeptical of all written accounts of history. All the baddies of the past might not have been that bad, they might have just made enemies with the real bad guys that were in power.
The president is never the president, the head priest of the owl club always is. Kissinger was president for about 20 years straight. The Rockefellers held the position longer than that. At the moment, I suspect Elon. His friend Trump wanted a 4 year break, and he got it. Scandal appears, scandal vanishes, as he chooses. Biden Harris were chosen to fill in, because they are BOTH literal vegetables, incapable of ferking up a system that they don't comprehend, and they were both blocked by the system from anything that matters. Votes don't matter, because we don't choose the candidates. The owl club does. They're ALL on the rulership's side, and their only goal is to syphon our productivity into the club members' wealth and power. Whoever you "think" is the best and the worst, one is pinning you down while the other is plowing your corn hole. 2nd comment🥈
Ceasar stood for the people and not the rich Senators of Rome he was killed by jealously. He forgave his enemies of the Civil War and thats what got him killed his forgiveness.
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Commodus: Considered by some to be the worst Roman emperor, Commodus was known for his cruelty, sadism, and undignified behavior in the arena. His poor leadership led to chaos and bankruptcy, and he was eventually strangled to death in his bath
And wanna know why he was strangled in the bath? He left his hit list out in the open at his mistress’ house with her name at the top of the list. She then went to the #2 person on the list and needless to say they decided to take action before he could kill them
Now that would make for a great movie.
@@CymonTemplerit most certainly would… and we should get Joaquin Phoenix to play Commodus because he already did in the gladiator movie
When he spared all his opponents lives… I heard he still had them murdered afterwards?
Nero didn't fiddle as Rome burned, he wasn't even in the city! More so, when word reached him of the fire, he hurried to Rome and opened his palace to those that lost their homes.
Caligula didn't make his horse a consul. That was written down by historians long after his death. More likely he once said "This consul is so dumb that my horse would made a better consul than him," and over time it evolved.
Historian: "The army loved Caracalla."
WatchMojo: "And if you want a real-life Joffrey-"
Could have edited it better ;p Also Caracalla made everybody living in Roman Empire a citizen of Rome, and while he did it to take taxes from them it was still good.
Don't get me started about Tiberius. Dude never wanted to be the emperor, Augustus forced this on him after previously ruining his life. Instead of wasting gold on wars on excessive celebrations, he strengthened military bases and build new ones, solved problems diplomatically, and managed to save a crapload of money for the imperial treasury. The treason trials are exaggerated; only 52 people were on trial for treason during his entire reign as emperor, half of whom were declared innocent and 4 sentenced by the senate, not Tiberius.
“Nero didn’t fiddle as Rome burned”. Lyre, he probably played it to keep the masses from panicking in his palace.
Did commodus secretly have his gladiator opponents executed afterwards? After “sparing” them to look good in the arena?
Pretty ironic that the word “honor” is part of Honorius’s name. He was anything but honorable.
He was a chicken, with actual pet chickens!
I just knew Caligula would be #1! 😅
Lol
Same
Nero is ridiculously overhated. The entire part about playing the fiddle while Rome burned is a myth.
I mean whike that part was a myth I think the hate is more than justified though
@@zanethind as a rule of thumb, how emperors treated Christians massively impacted how medieval historians wrote about them. So Nero loses a lot of points there.
More objectively I'd say he was middle of the pack, not great not terrible. Doesn't make it into the top 10 worst list.
@Duke_of_Lorraine that's a fair assessment
He would have played the lyre, but not very well!
That's why he forced people to sit through his concerts on pain of death, because he thought he was a musical genius!
I would've replaced Domition with Valentinian III. Ruler of the Western Roman Empire from 425-455, Valentinian was mainly a puppet, first to his mother and then to the Roman General Flavius Aetius. During his reign, southern Gaul was overrun by the Visigoths and Hispania by the Suebi, North Africa, the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, was lost to the Vandals, along with Corsica and Sardinia. The Huns ravaged Gaul and Italy and Belgica was practically lost to the Franks. By the end of his reign, Aetius was the only person keeping the Western Empire together, but a desire for independent power caused Valentinian to assassinate him in 454 C.E. This would backfire on him as supporters of Aetius would assassinate him shortly afterward. Without Aetius to prepare a defense, the Vandals sacked Rome later that year.
Don't forget, Nero was Caligula's nephew!
Well, centuries have come and gone, but the quality of leadership hasn't evolved.
As a history professor, I can tell you that many of these leaders were probably less evil, or atleast did some positive acts in their lives. The histories and documents we have were written by political men after these "tyrants" died. It's quiet easy to change people's opinions when u control the past. That's why we normally use contemporary sources as well now to get a clearer look at these men.
It's possible Nero ordered backfires to be set to help quell the conflagration. Also, he opened his garden to refugees from the fire. So it's doubtful he set the conflagration deliberately. Also, Caligula never appointed his horse Incitatus as senator or consul. He threatened to do it, but never did in reality.
Both Caligula and Caracalla went by their nicknames, which were both items of clothes. Caligula, born Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was given the cognomen "Caligula" because in his youth he always wore his own pair of the standard issue boots that the Roman legionaries wore. Meanwhile, Caracalla, born Lucius Septimius Bassianus was given the cognomen "Caracalla" because he would often wear a type of hooded tunic from Gaul of the same name.
I still wonder how they existed so long considering how chaotic they were financially and diplomatic wise they were. Their military, desire to conquer other countries, and ability to negotiate were their only saving grace and even then, they got lucky many many times
I mean alot 😂
Here's some facts about Maxamius Thrax. He was a giant about 8 ft tall. His thumb was so big he wore his wife's bracelet around his thumb as a ring. He was the only emperor of Rome to never step foot in the city. He and his son was assassinated and their heads put on spikes outside the walls of Rome.
And obviously Max was a black man. Look at the art and statue. .... Well DWade statue 😂😂😂 never mind
I wonder who would be on a list of the 10 BEST Roman Emperors. I'd guess Augustus, Hadrian, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, among others.
Claudius, Aurelian, Diocletian, Severus Septimius, Constantine 1, Vespasian
Augustus, Claudius, Vespasian, the Five Good Emperors, Aurelius, Diocletian, Constantine the Great
I would add Majorian too
Considering Augustus was emperor for 40 years. I’d say it’s a good guess he’s be on it
Nero also married a man, and passed him off as female.
Tiberius & Caligula & Nero = VIP Celebrities at Diddy Wild Parties ( AU ) !!!
Nah they they had lil kids locked up in rooms they was on some white guy jerrfery episten wht
@@Shel230lol why do you have to make it about race?
@jordanhendrick7248 was jeffery not white and this is about rome most people are white
I am not a historian, except by hobby, but this list is pretty solid. My middle name is Tiberius, not after the emperor, but after James Tiberius Kirk. The Roman emperors were nearly all ruthless scoundrels. Is there a list of the most renowned good emperors? It's hard to think of one.
this video blows my mind. I always thought the historical inspiration for King Joffrey Baratheon was Caligula
had a feeling Nero would show up
I would have thought that there were worse emperors rather than the unfortunate Valerian and the incompetent Honorius. Caracalla deserves an asterisk. Brutal, though he was, for some reason his relationship with the Jewish community tended to be positive. When he died, it was said that a special bond had snapped.
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In alternative universe, the events were prevented, and the all Worst Roman Emperors was assassinated
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Some problems with this Top 10.
Tiberius was one of the better emperors that Rome had, and tales of tyranny from him are massively overstated, Claudius had purged far more than Tiberius ever did, and his reign was known for his effective administration that reduced spending and consolidating the gains made by Augustus.
while Domitian was one Rome's best emperors, his economic program brought the currency to a standard it was never again able to achieve, and he pursued a peaceful foreign policy while constructing a line of defenses along the Rhine and Danubian provinces, known as the Lime Germanicus.
Commodus the Gladiator Cosplayer:
I knew Caligula would be #1 when i saw the title of this list! I find him fascinating, not that i think hes good, hes definitely evil but just the psychology of what would cause a person to end up like that is very interesting.
He was the meaning of everything smart dumb crazy and manic
@@alexisspady1736 agreed
I thought the quote from Tiberius was holding a TIGER by the ears. But wolf, tiger, we get the point.
I’ll take this with a huge grain of salt
Amazing video watch mojo of the worst emperors in Rome ever in world history,fantastic job.
Valentinian III, Didius Julianus, and basically every other 5th century emperor not named Majorian deserve a dishonourable mention.
Especially Didius Julianus…for buying the Empire. Pertinax was way better, he was murdered for one bad decision.
I would add Alexios IV Angelos to the list, for asking help from Crusaders, promising to pay, but when he took the throne, he realized that he had no funds.
What clips were used for elagabalus
Find it pretty funny that the photos I've seen of Caligula, he looks almost identical to Joffrey in GoT.
Love the Star Trek: TNG clip. 😅 Geez, how many emperors did these guys have?? Maybe you could have a list of top ten craziest US Presidents ha ha.
Nero built a gigantic bronze statue of himself made known as the Colossus of Nero. It ended up near the Colosseum (which is where it got its name). Commodus during his reign, replaced the head with one of himself in the likeness of Hercules.
Maximinus Thrax sounds like a member of the heavy metal band Gwar
Julius Caesar is believed to have suffered from cerebral palsy
At 2:30 I tuned out. This list leaves out other facts such as, causes of death for some of the emperor's.
Nero and Caligula have very concrete and special reasons as to why they're so hated: Caligula hated the senate with passion (as did Domitian but he was actually a good ruler) and for example brought back the treason trials even though he promised he wouldn't, and Nero because of his Christian persecution, which was considered harmless and justified back in those days actually. The damage they caused to the empire could be recovered and fixed.
Commodus on the other hand never in his life did anything good or positive. After a couple of assassinations attempts he just went nuts and spent a decade destroying the empire, and one could argue he succeeded because what came after was never the same. And even if there were some high points after him the die was cast and the damage his rule did was irreparable. To me he's the worst by far.
4:51 Bro literally made his self-insert OC into a God.
Caligula… Mad Man of the Millennium 😵💫
actor Malcolm Mcdowell did a great performance on Caligula...
Yep
Nero killed St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Andrew.
Here is a fact Nero is the nephew of Caligula. Nero's mother was the sister of Caligula
Anytime I see watchmojo do historical videos I’m like SKIP
I easily called the top 3. Those guys were insane. It's no wonder Rick Riordan picked them for the big 3 in the Trials of Apollo ssries.
Ian McDowall nailed it as Caligula.
Malcolm McDowell
John Hurt in "I Claudius" did a great job as well.
@anthonyperno1348 sorry got his name wrong again
I'm surprised that Diocletian was not included in this list. I understand that he was a great leader and all, but his Great Persecution against Christians usually puts him among the worst.
One question: which Roman emperor had the most extravagant lifestyle in Roman Empire?
I came here to watch this to make myself feel less despondent over Trump. It kinda worked.
How about top 20 most powerful digimon and or 30 most powerful digimon
I certainly do not think, that Valerian nor Tiberius deserve to be named as some of the "worst" emporers. Neither do Maximus Thraex. Or do you simply needed three names to make the 10 full? Why not Valentinian III? Who "cut of his right hand with his left", by murdering Flavius Aetius, the "last Roman", who - more or less - had held the Empire together for decades?
China, Africa, Japan even the Mongols had greater kingdoms and even were more advanced than Rome, Before even Rome became an Empire, China already had fireworks and invented the first gun, Japan mastered blacksmithing, Africa had cities that housed some of the richest kings on the planet and Mongol made the most highly advanced Bows on the planet.
They were all horrible tbh
Dominion is also the one who banished The Apostle to John to The Isle of Patmos. Did you know that?
🤔, I did not.
@@CymonTemplerIt’s true though.
After seeing current political events distorted and reshaped right in front of our noses in real time, I'm skeptical of all written accounts of history. All the baddies of the past might not have been that bad, they might have just made enemies with the real bad guys that were in power.
If they could make a whole list of awful Roman leaders, it’s amazing the Empire lasted as long as it did.
Nero and Caligula must be to the first place.
HERE IN EGYPT WE SAW MORE THAN 10
Raising a war against the sea😂😂 i can just imagine roman soldiers sticking their swords in the sea 😂
I think all those men are insane in the membrane
Where are Roman emperors always drawn of visualized as a buff guy with a six pack 😂😂😂, I think most of those men were fat
Their own Propaganda.
@ I agree %100 percent
Commodus Caligula nero
Caligula was a menace. 🎉
@JJ.-BB Liking your own post makes you look desperate. 🎉
@@tylergoodman3560exactly. He and Andy both do it
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@@Jayden.Hefner go away troll
Yeah
Gladiator 2 was awful
@@kzarkagedo you feel like the first one was better by chance
Are you not entertained?
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@@Jayden.Hefner go get a life and quit spamming people
Nero should not be in this list
Yes, they were bad guys.
Quite the history
Caligula was great
Yeah so was your mom last night
Andronikos, Andronikos and... Andronikos
Which Andronikos, 1st Komnenos OR 2nd Palailogos ?!??!
Was there any good emperor in roman?
Lo mejor es irse y no volver a esta persona.
Worst is new movie gladiator 2 with black act like he rome noble 😂😂😂😂😂🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒😒😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨
Julius Caesar was terrible
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@@BlackHatCinephile no one asked for your constant medals
@@Reaperguy67 Aie
Julius was not an emperor.
Worst President of United States when?
Oh God now you are asking for trouble
The president is never the president, the head priest of the owl club always is. Kissinger was president for about 20 years straight. The Rockefellers held the position longer than that. At the moment, I suspect Elon. His friend Trump wanted a 4 year break, and he got it. Scandal appears, scandal vanishes, as he chooses. Biden Harris were chosen to fill in, because they are BOTH literal vegetables, incapable of ferking up a system that they don't comprehend, and they were both blocked by the system from anything that matters. Votes don't matter, because we don't choose the candidates. The owl club does. They're ALL on the rulership's side, and their only goal is to syphon our productivity into the club members' wealth and power. Whoever you "think" is the best and the worst, one is pinning you down while the other is plowing your corn hole.
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The previous one and the next one.
1st comment vanished, so now you're 1st🏆🥇
@@BlackHatCinephile like anyone else asked if you if anyone is .
Crazies
Julius Caesar getting offed by your Best Friend showed how much the people hated him.
I disagree respectfully, the people loved him but feared he would be too powerful
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Ceasar stood for the people and not the rich Senators of Rome he was killed by jealously. He forgave his enemies of the Civil War and thats what got him killed his forgiveness.
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1st comment vanished, so now you're 2nd🥈
And yet history repeats itself. *Coughs* trump
Hello good morning 🎉🎉🎉
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@@JJ.-BB that was you. Quit liking your own comment.
Tiberius wrong.