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Which Roman emperor does Obama most resemble, with respect to conduct and actions?
Top 10 worst Roman Emperors. List verse.com ^
 | 05/09/10
Posted on 08/31/2014 7:05:07 AM PDT by grumpygresh
In the West, Imperial Rome begins in 27BC with the reign of Augustus and ends in 476 with Romulus Augustulus. Throughout this period, we can find good, mediocre and horrible rulers. America has often been compared to Rome, and today, like Rome, we see the transformation of our country from a republic to something closer to a dictatorship or autocracy. I know that many Freepers are Roman history bufffs, so we should come up with a pretty convincing consensus view.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: obamaromanemperor; romanempire
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    My top picks are Nero, Commodus, Caligula and Tiberius, although Elagabalus coud be a compelling pick.
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08/31/2014 7:05:38 AM PDT
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Crazieman
(Are you naive enough to think VOTING will fix this entrenched system?)
 
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08/31/2014 7:06:16 AM PDT
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montag813
 
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08/31/2014 7:06:18 AM PDT
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SueRae
(It isn't over.  In God We Trust.)
 
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08/31/2014 7:07:21 AM PDT
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stboz
 
To: grumpygresh
    You mean which one was responsible for the fall of Rome??
There certainly is a correlation with basic morality.
 
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    Hugo Chavez maybe — but Hussein simply doesn’t have the qualifications to be any kind of Caesar.
 
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08/31/2014 7:09:12 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact.  It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
 
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08/31/2014 7:14:33 AM PDT
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immadashell
(The inmates are running the asylum.)
 
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08/31/2014 7:16:15 AM PDT
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jimbo123
 
To: SueRae
     Nero and Caligula. Yeah...those were my first thoughts.
 
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08/31/2014 7:17:39 AM PDT
by 
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
 
To: grumpygresh
    I would say that it would be any of the last several consuls who were self serving and incompetent, leading to civil war, the rise of the Caesars, and the end of the Republic.
 
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posted on 
08/31/2014 7:23:21 AM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
 
To: grumpygresh
    Obama contains more ineptitude than evil; that is, he is trying to be evil but he’s simply fkkking up every attempt and leaving wreckage behind him. He’s has the worst traits of Warren Harding and Barney Fife combined. Apologies to the late, fine actor, Don Knotts
 
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08/31/2014 7:26:16 AM PDT
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muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
 
To: grumpygresh
    Too detached to be Nero.
Too much of a pussy to be Commodus.
Too agenda-driven to be Caligula.
Too incompetent to be Tiberius.
My vote is for Elegabalus. The dude is just foreign.
 
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08/31/2014 7:26:54 AM PDT
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bakeneko
 
To: grumpygresh
    Elagabalus - definitely Elagabalus.
 
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08/31/2014 7:27:46 AM PDT
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impimp
 
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08/31/2014 7:27:57 AM PDT
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Perdogg
(I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
 
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    0bama is his own Cesar - Chamberlain
 
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08/31/2014 7:29:38 AM PDT
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SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
 
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08/31/2014 7:30:52 AM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
 
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