> During the late Roman Empire, rulers like Julius Caesar
Caesar didn't rule in “late” Roman Empire — in fact, he didn't get to see the empire at all, since the first emperor was his successor, Augustus.
Caesar didn't rule in “late” Roman Empire — in fact, he didn't get to see the empire at all, since the first emperor was his successor, Augustus.
> During the late Roman Empire, rulers like Julius Caesar and Nero
Nero died in 68 AD: early Roman Empire. In fact he was only the 5th Roman emperor.
Fun fact to whip out at parties but not applicable here
Julius Caesar has refused the title "imperator", for reasons of public image, even if de facto he had the same power as an "imperator", i.e. the power to give commands that must be obeyed by anyone else.
All his successors possessed the title of "imperator", so they are correctly referred as Roman "emperors".
The full quote is this:
>During the late Roman Empire, rulers like Julius Caesar and Nero owned homes in the town, which was known as a destination that aristocrats flocked to for drinking, parties and general hedonism.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (aka Octavian) not only gained his great uncle's original property, but he invested quite heavily into property and other public works in Baiae with other emperors doing the same. Baiae was very much an "imperial city" and it definitely kicked off with Octavian.
The city gained much of its notoriety (or negative connotation for extravagance) as time went on.
And the sentence says "like", as in "hey reader, here are these two pretty familiar names who are not only relevant to the city itself, but also can give you an idea of the type of elite class we're talking about." It's a pretty succinct way of putting it and while reinforcing multiple points at once.
So it's not wrong. If you're going to be pedantic, at least be correct.
The article is well constructed for its intended audience without getting into largely irrelevant details about the story.
It's accurate and purposeful. It's certainly not incorrect by any measure.
edit: as someone else observed, none of these were part of the late Roman Empire. Octavian and Nero lived in the early Roman Empire, and Caesar lived during the last years of the Republic.
Unfortunately you don't get to flip a switch arbitrarily and choose when to be pedantic to make an irrelevant point.
>The article is well constructed for its intended audience without getting into largely irrelevant details about the story.