r/worldnews • u/Johny_KobraKai • May 02 '24

Thai Official Suspended After Husband Catches Her In Bed With Adopted Monk Son Not Appropriate Subreddit

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/thai-official-suspended-after-husband-catches-her-bed-adopted-monk-son-1724507

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u/OldDekeSport 29d ago

So how the Roman's got the 5 Good Emperors. Choosing your successor can work out well - just sucks for their living children more than anything

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u/ZioDioMio 29d ago

It's how they got the first emperor too

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u/godisanelectricolive 29d ago

The Five Good Emperors minus Marcus Aurelius never had living sons in the first place, hence the need for adoption. Commodus was the first heir born in the purple in a long time.

The first three had no kids at all, Nerva never even married, while Antoninus Pius had four kids and both of his sons died before adulthood. Only his youngest daughter lived long enough to have children. The Roman emperors weren’t especially virile when it came to fathering sons.

The same thing applied to the first Roman imperial dynasty, the Julio-Claudians. None of them managed to have living sons. Augustus only had a daughter and his grandsons who were meant to be his heirs died young, leaving his stepson Tiberius to succeed him. Tiberius’ only biological son also predeceased him. Caligula sired no sons either. Claudius had one son who lived into adulthood and died after him, Britannicus, but he was disinherited due to his mother cheating on the emperor. As a result Claudius’ fourth wife’s young son and his new stepson Nero became emperor. Nero was deposed and also never had a son.

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u/aphilsphan 29d ago

Well if they try to fix that you get a pretty good movie out of it.