Which Roman emperor does Obama most resemble, with respect to conduct and actions?

Top 10 worst Roman Emperors. List verse.com ^ | 05/09/10

[SkyDancer]

Sid Caesar?

[TomGuy]

Most movies and TV programs portray the Senate and Senators as a bunch of bumbling, incompetent, self-serving old fools.

We have a Senate, too.

[Texas Eagle]

[Texas Eagle]

Don’t know anything about Commodus but the name alone rings true.

[a fool in paradise]

[RoosterRedux]

Ne(g)ro, the Caesar Salad.

[wildbill]

Tiberias. He’s gonna retire to an island where he’s building a huge villa and finally come out of the closet.

[barnrat]

As far as my studies take me I know of no member of the black race that was ever the leader of an empire or super power. That is, other than Obama. Most African nations have average IQ’s in the 70’s or 80’s. All nations that are/were super powers have/had average IQ’s in the upper 90’s or 100’s. Take a look at those numbers available on line. You will find that Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Germany, etc. all with average IQ’s around 100. Because of intermarrying with low IQ ethnic groups and mass immigration of low IQ ethnic groups, the average IQ of Americans is falling so we cannot survive and remain a super power. Darwin was right.

[Prospero]

For everyone's reference, Suetonius' wildly entertaining The Lives of the Twelve Caesars can be read (free) or downloaded courtesy of the wonderful folks at Gutenberg.org.

[miss marmelstein]

I always thought Clinton was more Tiberius than Caligula. He's got all those horrible sores on his face like that particular emperor.

[PieroC]

Elagabalus! You know history well, and nailed it!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***I know of no member of the black race that was ever the leader of an empire or super power. ***

At the tribal level there was SHAKA.

[miss marmelstein]

What a great read! It forms the basis of the book I, Claudius which became the great tv series. Sort of an early National Enquirer.

[miss marmelstein]

Michael Palin: just looking at a photo reduces me to hysterics.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

It is interesting that we know more about the Caesars than we do about King Harold and the kings who lived 1000 years later.

[Flag_This]

Obama has a gweat fwiend in Wome too. His name is Rejus - Rejus Luvus.

[Fiji Hill]

My choice is Alexios IV Angelos, who imposed heavy taxes yet squandered the imperial treasury on palaces, gardens and bribes as enemies overran the empire, culminating in the sack of Constantinople by the Venetians during the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

[Texas Eagle]

I believe that’s Biggus. Obama is more like his half brother, Littlus.

[Pelham]

Definitely Elagabalus- the Syrian god he’s named for even has something in common with Islam:

“The cult statue was brought to Rome by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who before his accession was the hereditary high priest at Emesa and is commonly called Elagabalus after the deity. The Syrian deity was assimilated with the Roman sun god known as Sol Invictus (”the Undefeated Sun”).

“A temple called the Elagabalium was built on the east face of the Palatine Hill, to house the holy stone of the Emesa temple, a black conical meteorite. Herodian writes of that stone:

“This stone is worshipped as though it were sent from heaven; on it there are some small projecting pieces and markings that are pointed out, which the people would like to believe are a rough picture of the sun, because this is how they see them.

[Gefn]

Elegabulus works for me. Did anyone mention Domitian?