The Roman Emperors You Need to Know
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| Originally known as Octavian, grand-nephew and heir to Julius Casear, ushered in Pax Romana, 27 BC - AD 14 | Augustus
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| General, adopted heir by Augustus, paranoid about being overshadowed, withdrew to Capri, 14 - 37 | Tiberius
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| Known as "Little Boot," thought himself to be the equal of Jupiter and tried to make his horse a consul, 37 - 41 | Caligula
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| Sickly nephew of Tiberius and uncle of Caligula, scholar and writer, invaded Britain, had his wife, Messalina executed; his second wife, Agrippina poisoned him, 41- 54 | Claudius
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| Adpoted by his stepfather, had his mother and stepbrother, Britannicus, murdered. First Roman persecution of Christians began, deposed byt he Praetorian Guard, 54-68 | Nero
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| Son of a tax collector, began era of order and prosperity and recovery from Nero's reigh, 69-79 | Vespasian
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| Son of Vespasian, had conflicts with the Senate, began a reign of terror against his opponents, 81 - 96 | Domitian
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| First of the Five Good Emperors, Senator, appointed by the Senate; began programs of public assistance, 96-98 | Nerva
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| Second of Five Good Emperors, extended the empire, building programs, conquered Dacia and Parthia, programs for the poor, 98-117 | Trajan
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| Third of Five Good Enperors, traveled empire restoring imperial rule, built wall to defend against the Picts, consolidated rather than expanded empire, revolt of Jews, 117-138 | Hadrian
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| Fourth of Five Good Emperors, empire reached the height of prosperity and peace, 138-161 | Antoninus Pius
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| Last of the Five Good Emperors, wrote Meditations, exponent of stoicism, persecuted Christians, 161-180 | Marcus Aurelius
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| Son of Marcus Aurelius, believed he was a gladiator, assasinated, 180-192 | Commodus
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| Reformed army and administration, divided epire into four regions to be ruled by the Tetrarchy, persecuted Christians, 284-305 | Diocletian
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| Promoted and accepted Christianity, saw a vision of a cross at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, issued the Edict of Milan to tolerate Christianity, became the sole emperor and dissolved the Tetrarcy, rebuilt Byzantium, 324-337 | Constantine I
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| Last ruler of a united Roman Empire, made Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire, 379-395 | Theodosius I
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| Last Roman Emperor, 475-476 | Romulus Augustulus
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