{"dynasties":[{"id":"1","dynasty":"Julio-Claudians","wikipedia":"Julio_Claudian_dynasty","date_from":"-31","date_to":"68","description":"<p>The <strong>Julio-Claudian dynasty<\/strong> normally refers to the first five <a title=\"Roman Emperors\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Emperors\">Roman Emperors<\/a>: <a title=\"Augustus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augustus\">Augustus<\/a>, <a title=\"Tiberius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiberius\">Tiberius<\/a>, <a title=\"Caligula\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caligula\">Caligula<\/a> (Gaius), <a title=\"Claudius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claudius\">Claudius<\/a>, and <a title=\"Nero\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nero\">Nero<\/a>,<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julio-Claudian_dynasty#cite_note-0\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the <a title=\"Roman Empire\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Empire\">Roman Empire<\/a> from its formation, in the second half of the first century BC, until <a title=\"AD 68\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AD_68\">AD 68<\/a>, when the last of the line, <a title=\"Nero\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nero\">Nero<\/a>, committed suicide.<\/p>\r\n<p>None of the Julio-Claudians were succeeded by their sons; only one of them had a legitimate son survive him. The ancient historical writers, chiefly <a title=\"Suetonius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suetonius\">Suetonius<\/a> and <a title=\"Tacitus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tacitus\">Tacitus<\/a>, write from the point of view of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, and portray the Emperors in generally negative terms, whether from preference for the <a title=\"Roman Republic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Republic\">Roman Republic<\/a> or love of a good scandalous story.<\/p>","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:50:21","updatedBy":"56","updated":"2009-09-30 16:11:00"}],"emperors":[{"id":"1","issuer":"Augustus","date_from":"-31","date_to":"14","image":"Augustus.jpg","dbaseID":"243"},{"id":"2","issuer":"Caligula","date_from":"37","date_to":"41","image":"Caligula.jpg","dbaseID":"245"},{"id":"3","issuer":"Claudius","date_from":"41","date_to":"54","image":"Claudius.jpg","dbaseID":"246"},{"id":"7","issuer":"Tiberius","date_from":"14","date_to":"37","image":"Tiberius.jpg","dbaseID":"244"},{"id":"12","issuer":"Nero","date_from":"54","date_to":"68","image":"Nero.jpg","dbaseID":"248"},{"id":"83","issuer":"Agrippina the Elder","date_from":"-14","date_to":"33","image":"Agrippina1.jpg","dbaseID":"353"},{"id":"84","issuer":"Agrippina the Younger","date_from":"15","date_to":"59","image":"Agrippina2.jpg","dbaseID":"395"},{"id":"85","issuer":"Antonia Minor","date_from":"41","date_to":"54","image":"Antonia.jpg","dbaseID":"247"}]}