Good leadership is the key to Imperial Rome’s success. Rome had a few great rulers such as Emperor Hadrian, Trajen, and Nerva who were strong effective leaders and also strengthened Rome's army and defense systems, but every Roman ruler was not an effective leader or always have the Romans best interest in mind. Other leaders would take advantage of their power, become violent, and create violence. "Caligula, Nero, and Commodus, for example, were tyrants, using violence to maintain power without regard for the empire's best interest." It was shown that when Rome was not under good leadership, a lot of chaos was present between the empires and with these things going on there was no room for success in Rome.
