Emperors Flashcards
2nd Julio Claudian
Tiberius 14-37
1st Julio Claudian
Augustus 27bc-14ad
3rd Julio Claudian
Caligula 37-41
4th Julio Claudian
Claudius 41-54
5th Julio Claudian
Nero 54-68
Year of the 4 emperors
69: 68-69 Galba, Otho, Vitellius,& Vespasian 69-79
1st Flavian
Vespasian 69-79
2nd Flavian
Titus 79-81
3rd Flavian
Domitian 81-96
1st 5 good emperors
Nerva 96-98
2nd 5 year emperors
Trajan 98-117
3rd 5 good emperors
Hadrian 117-138
4th 5 good emperors
Antoninus Pius 138-161
5th 5 good emperors
Marcus Aurelius 161-180
End of Pax Romana 1st 180-192
Commodus
2nd 193
Pertinax
3rd 193 bought empire
Didius Julianus
4th 193-211
Septimius Severus
5th 211-217
Caracalla
6th 217
Macrinus
7th 218-222
Helioglabus
8th 222-235
Alexander Severus
1st of barracks emperors because they forced their way onto the throne through force : 235-238 the Thracian
Maximinus
2nd barracks (jointly)
Gordian II & Gordian I 238
3rd barracks (jointly)
Pupienus & Balbinus 238
4th barracks
Gordian III 238-244
5th barracks
Phillip the Arab 244-249
6th barracks
Decius 249-251
7th barracks
Gallus 251-253
8th barracks
Aemilian 253
9th barracks
Valerian 253-260
10th barracks
Gallenius 260-268
11th barracks
Claudius II 268-270
12th barracks
Aurelian 270-275
13th barrack
Tacitus 275
14th barracks
Probus 276-282
15th barracks
Carus 282-283
16th barracks (jointly)
Carinus & Numerianus 284
Empire split into east and west: west 286-305
Maximianus
286-305 east
Diocletian
West 305-306
Constantius Chlorus
305-311 east
Galerius
306-312 west
Maxentius
306-337 west and later all: overlap since both were declared as Augustus of the west
Constantine the great
307-323 east
Licinius
337-361 east later all
Constantius
337-340 west
Constantine II
Africa 337-350
Constans
361-363 all
Julian
363-364 all
Jovianus
364-375 west
Valentinian I
364-378 east
Valens
West 375 jointly
Gratian 375-392& Valentinian II 375-392
East later all 379-395
Theodosius I
Western empire 395-423
Honorius
Western empire 424
John
Western empire 425-455
Valentinian III
Western empire 455
Maximus
Western empire 455-456
Avitus
Western empire 457-461
Majoran
Western empire 461-465
Libius Severus
Western empire 465-467
Recimir
Western empire 467-472
Anthemius
Western empire 472
Olybrius
473
Glycerius
Western empire 473-475
Julius Nepos
Western empire 475-476 Rome was a pile of bricks
Romulus Augustus