The Sons of CaesarAt the heart of this history of the Julio Claudian dynasty are the lives of six men Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius and Nero men who mastered Rome and changed it from a democracy to a personal possession. It was no easy task: Caesar and Caligula were assassinated, Nero committed suicide and Claudius was poisoned. Only Augustus and Tiberius died natural deaths and even that is uncertain. The Julio Claudian saga includes a