List of Roman emperors
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This is a list of the Roman emperors:
Emperor of the Roman Empire | |
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Former Monarchy | |
Imperial | |
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Vexillum of the emperor | |
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First to command Augustus 16 January 27 BC – 19 August AD 14 | |
First monarch | Augustus |
Last monarch | Theodosius I (Unified or Classical), Julius Nepos (Western), Constantine XI (Eastern) |
Style | Imperator, Augustus, Caesar, Princeps, Dominus Noster, Autokrator or Basileus (depending on period) His Imperial Majesty (formal) |
Appointer | Roman Senate (officially) and/or Roman Military |
Monarchy started | 16 January 27 BC |
Monarchy ended | 17 January 395 AD (Unified or Classical), 22 June 480 AD (Western), 29 May 1453 AD (Eastern) |
Current pretender | none |
- Augustus
- Tiberius, Augustus's son-in-law.
- Caligula, Tiberius's grand-nephew, murdered by his bodyguards for many crimes.
- Claudius, Caligula's uncle. Claudius conquered Britain, making it part of the Roman Empire.
- Nero, Claudius's grand-nephew. Accused Christians of burning down Rome. First Roman Emperor to commit suicide.
- Nerva, friend of Nero, who had saved Nero's life.
- Trajan. Under Trajan, the Roman Empire was at its largest size ever.
- Hadrian - Hadrian built Hadrian's Wall in Britain, to prevent the Picts from invading Roman Britain. Hadrian died in 138 AD. From 138 AD until 284 AD, there were 32 more emperors.
- Antoninus Pius
- Lucius Verus
- Marcus Aurelius
- Commodus
- The Dominate: Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty
- Diocletian in 284 AD, created the tetrarchy, abdicated.
- Maximian
- Galerius
- Constantius Chlorus
- Valerius Severus
- Constantine in 306 AD. Moved capital to Byzantium, now Constantinople. Converted to Christianity.
- Maxentius
- Licinius
- Maximinus II
- Constantine II, son of Constantine
- Constantius II, son of Constantine
- Constans I, son of Constantine
- Vetranio
- Julian
- Jovian
- Valentinian dynasty
- Theodosian dynasty
- Theodosius I in 395 AD. He split the Roman Empire into two parts. The western part lasted until 476 AD, when it became ruled by the Germanic people. The eastern part lasted until 1453, when it became part of the Ottoman/Turkish Empire.
Note there were also numerous usurpers ("fake" emperors) including: