How do they know about the horrible things?

Question:these old time emperors did over the years? Did they write about them and keep the information in a vault or document it all? Im talking about the ancient people who ruled. They must have wrote everything down in another language, right?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: these old time emperors did over the years? Did they write about them and keep the information in a vault or document it all? Im talking about the ancient people who ruled. They must have wrote everything down in another language, right?

If you are asking how we know what specific people did thousands of years ago, then you are correct in thinking someone wrote it down. If you are asking about the Roman emperors, like Caligula and Nero, then one of the primary sources is a guy named Suetonius. He was a Roman who lived in the first century of the Empire and he wrote a book about the Caesars. There are other written accounts, as well.