>>Well...yeah...but what the heck! There was still lots in life that a citizen of Rome could hope for, regardless of what the next danged Emperor was going to do. He could hope for good relationships, a happy family, interesting work, and all the other stuff that he had the power to put into effect in his life.<<

Yeah but if he was in Julius Caesars time he could justifiably worry about the empire moving to Turkey in 400 years.