Roman Emperors

Julio-Claudian Dynasty

Augustus

Reign 27 BC to 14 AD Adopted son of Julius Caesar Defeated Brutus and Marc

Antony Legacy

Established the Empire Pax Romana ▪ “Roman Peace”

Political Stability “I found Rome a city of brick

and left it a city of marble!” Death

Natural Causes

Tiberius

Reign 14 AD to 38 AD Adopted son on

Augustus Legacy

Secluded rule, growing tyranny

Death Possible natural

causes or assassinated by Caligula

Caligula

Reign 38 AD to 41 AD Tiberius's great-nephew

and adopted grandson; great-grandson of Augustus.

Legacy Insane

Death Assassinated involving a

conspiracy of Senators and Praetorian Guard

One of Worst Emperors!

Claudius

Reign 41 AD to 54 AD Nephew of Tiberius, uncle

of Caligula; proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.

Legacy Conquests and

administration Death

Possibly natural causes or poisoned by his wife Agrippina▪ Agrippina favored her son

Nero

Nero

Reign 54 AD to 68 AD nephew of Caligula, step-

and adopted son of Claudius; great-great-grandson of Augustus.

Legacy Good rule at first, then

insanity; Rome burns, Christians persecuted

Death Committed suicide after

being declared a public enemy by the Senate

One of Worst Emperors!

Year of the Four Emperors and Flavian Dynasty

Four Emperors 68AD to 69 AD Galba

Murdered by Praetorian Guard

Ortho Committed Suicide

Vitellius Murdered by

Vespasian's Troops Vespasian

Rules from 69 AD to 79 AD

Natural causes

Titus

Reign 79 AD to 81 AD Son of Vespasian

Legacy Coliseum

Death Natural Causes▪ The Plague

Domitian

Reign 81 AD to 96 AD Son of Vespasian,

brother to Titus Legacy

Rebuilt Roman Buildings

Death Assassinated by

court officials

Nervan-Antonian Dynasty

Nerva

Reign 96 AD to 98 AD Appointed by

Senate Legacy

Transition of Power Death

Natural Causes One of the Good

Emperors!

Trajan

Reign 98 AD to 117 AD Adopted son and

heir of Nerva Legacy

Strengthened Empire

Death Natural Causes

One of the Good Emperors!

Hadrian

Reign 117 AD to 138 AD Adopted son and heir

of Trajan Legacy

Rebuilt Pantheon Hadrian's Wall Relation with Army

and People Death

Natural Causes One of the Good

Emperors!

Antoninus Pius

Reign 138 AD to 161 AD Adopted son and

heir of Hadrian Legacy

Strengthened Empire

Death Natural Causes

One of the Good Emperors!

Marcus Aurelius

Reign 161 AD to 180 AD Adopted son and heir

of Antoninus Pius Legacy

Wars and increased power of Empire

Death Natural Causes

One of the Good Emperors!

Commodus

Reign 177 AD to 192 AD Natural son of Marcus

Aurelius Legacy

Little interest in being Emperor

Ruled with brutality and cruelty

Enjoyed fighting as a Gladiator

Death Assassinated in palace,

strangled to death One of Worst Emperors!

Severan dynasty

Elagabalus

Reign 218 AD to 222 AD

Legacy Controversial, Cruel,

Semi-Insane Death

Assassinated by Praetorian Guard

One of Worst Emperors!