Roman Stories, Book 7.
Starting with Romulus, the founder of Rome, the 7th volume of the "Roman Stories" series, published in 1993, "Infamous Emperors."
It deals with the achievements and corruption of the four brothers Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero during a time of crisis in the Roman Empire, which was suffering from disasters and food shortages due to a lack of leadership.

The four emperors who inherited the legacy of Augustus: Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.
Many historians have branded them as infamous emperors, but the days of their empire were marked by glory.
A financial crisis of great chaos, a major disaster, and a food shortage.
A rebellion that could even swallow the fate of the empire.
The emperor's shoulders are heavy.
Their sins and their brilliant achievements, cast into the pages of Roman history, are merely two sides of the same coin, engraved on the bust of the emperor.
Whether it was ruined or ruined, the fate of the great empire was theirs.

--- In the introduction

Nero had a tendency to only come up with extreme solutions when a problem needed to be solved urgently.
I think it might be because his own personality was inherently weak. p.491

Machiavelli also said that if you must do something bad, you should do it in one fell swoop. Idealism is excluded here.
If this is the reality of humanity, there is room for human wisdom to be applied in reducing the harm caused by evil deeds.
p.503

I think a competent leader is someone who is good at saving lives, effort, and time. p540 Nero had a tendency to only come up with extreme solutions when a problem needed to be solved urgently.
I think it might be because his own personality was inherently weak. p.491

Machiavelli also said that if you must do something bad, you should do it in one fell swoop. Idealism is excluded here.
If this is the reality of humanity, there is room for human wisdom to be applied in reducing the harm caused by evil deeds.
p.503

I think a competent leader is someone who is good at saving lives, effort, and time. p540

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The tendency of modern and contemporary historians to rehabilitate Tiberius is not due to a change in human thinking after 1,800 years, but rather to advances in archaeology.
Whereas previously we had to rely on the writings of ancient historians, we now have access to the vast number of inscriptions and other historical materials unearthed throughout the former Roman Empire.
The person who thoroughly implemented this in a German way was the 19th century historian Mommsen.
Mommsen is a person who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writing.
This assessment of Tiberius by Mommsen was that he was 'one of the greatest emperors Rome ever had.'
The tendency of modern and contemporary historians to rehabilitate Tiberius is not due to a change in human thinking after 1,800 years, but rather to advances in archaeology.
Whereas previously we had to rely on the writings of ancient historians, we now have access to the vast number of inscriptions and other historical materials unearthed throughout the former Roman Empire.
The person who thoroughly implemented this in a German way was the 19th century historian Mommsen.
Mommsen is a person who received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writing.
This assessment of Tiberius by Mommsen was that he was 'one of the greatest emperors Rome ever had.'

--- p.223