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Famous Romans
Famous Roman emperors (82 BC- 337 AD)
| Roman Emperor | Accomplishment(s) |
|---|---|
| Sulla | Ordered 1,500 opponents executed |
| Sulla | Named himself dictator for life yet retired after two years to a villa |
| Julius Caesar | In a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus |
| Julius Caesar | Crossed the Rubicon with his army |
| Julius Caesar | His friend Brutus and 60 senators killed him |
| Cicero | Spoke out in favor of Octavian, not Marc Antony, head and hands nailed to the Rostra |
| Marc Antony | In a triumvirate with Octavian and Lepidus |
| Marc Antony | Lost battle of Actium to Octavian, him and Cleopatra committed suicide |
| Augustus Caesar | Name was Octavian at first but then changed it |
| Augustus Caesar | Ruled during the Pax Romana |
| Caligula | Replaced heads of statues of gods with his own head, named his horse a consul |
| Caligula | Yelled at the sun to rise, assassinated by Praetorian guards |
| Claudius | Conquered Britain |
| Claudius | Agrippina killed him with poison mushrooms |
| Nero | Killed his mother and his wife |
| Nero | "Fiddled while Rome burned" |
| Nero | Killed all the Christians |
| Nero | Senators condemned him to death, ended up killing himself |
| Trajan | Great conqueror, Educated and fed needy children, built forum and Circus Maximus |
| Hadrian | Built a wall to shield province from northern barbarians |
| Diocletian | Split empire into two pieces |
| Constantine | First Christian Emperor |
| Constantine | United empire, gave freedom of religion |