RULERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Rulers of the Roman Empire(including dates of reign)
Augustus, grandnephew of Julius Caesar, 27 b.c.–a.d. 14
Tiberius, stepson of Augustus, a.d. 14–a.d. 37
Caligula, grandnephew of Tiberius, 37–41
Claudius, uncle of Caligula, 41–54
Nero, stepson of Claudius, 54–68
Galba, proclaimed emperor by his soldiers, 68–69
Otho, military commander, 69
Vespasian, military commander, 69–79
Vitellius, military commander, 69
Titus, son of Vespasian, 79–81
Domitian, son of Vespasian, 81–96
Nerva, elected interim ruler, 96–98
Trajan, adopted son of Nerva, 98–117
Hadrian, ward of Trajan, 117–38
Antoninus Pius, adopted by Hadrian, 138–61
Marcus Aurelius, adopted by Antoninus Pius, 161–80
Lucius Verus, adopted by Antoninus Pius; ruled jointly Marcus Aurelius, 161–69
Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, 180–92
Pertinax, proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard, 193
Didius Julianus, bought office from the Praetorian Guard, 193
Severus, proclaimed emperor, 193–211
Caracalla, son of Severus, 211–17
Geta, son of Severus, ruled jointly with Caracalla, 211–12
Macrinus, proclaimed emperor by his soldiers, 217–18
Heliogabalus, cousin of Caracalla, 218–22
Alexander Severus, cousin of Heliogabalus, 222–35
Maximin, proclaimed emperor by soldiers, 235–38
Gordian I, made emperor by the senate, 238
Gordian II, son of Gordian I, ruled jointly with his father, 238
Balbinus, elected joint emperor by the senate, 238
Pupienus Maximus, elected joint emperor with Balbinus by the senate, 238
Gordian III, son of Gordian II, 238–44
Philip (the Arabian), assassin of Gordian III, 244–49
Decius, proclaimed emperor by the soldiers, 249–51
Hostilianus, son of Decius, colleague of Gallus, 251
Gallus, military commander, 251–53
Aemilianus, military commander, 253
Valerian, military commander, 253–60
Gallienus, son of Valerian, coemperor with his father and later sole emperor, 253–68
Claudius II, military commander, 268–70
Aurelian, chosen by Claudius II as successor, 270–75
Tacitus, chosen by the senate, 275–76
Florianus, half brother of Tacitus, 276
Probus, military commander, 276–82
Carus, proclaimed by the Praetorian Guard, 282–83
Carinus, son of Carus, 283–85
Numerianus, son of Carus, joint emperor with Carinus, 283–84
Diocletian, military commander, divided the empire; ruled jointly with Maximian and Constantius I, 284–305
Maximian, appointed joint emperor by Diocletian, 286–305
Constantius I, joint emperor and successor of Diocletian, 305–6
Galerius, joint emperor with Constantius I, 305–10
Maximin, nephew of Galerius, 308–13
Licinius, appointed emperor in the West by Galerius; later emperor in the East, 308–24
Maxentius, son of Maximian, 306–12
Constantine I (the Great), son of Constantius I, 306–37
Constantine II, son of Constantine I, 337–40
Constans, son of Constantine I, 337–50
Constantius II, son of Constantine I, 337–61
Magnentius, usurped Constans' throne, 350–53
Julian (the Apostate), nephew of Constantine I, 361–63
Jovian, elected by the army, 363–64
Valentinian I, proclaimed by the army; ruled in the West, 364–75
Valens, brother of Valentinian I; ruled in the East, 364–78
Gratian, son of Valentinian I; coruler in the West with Valentinian II, 375–83
Maximus, usurper in the West, 383–88
Valentinian II, son of Valentinian I, ruler of the West, 375–92
Eugenius, usurper in the West, 393–94
Theodosius I (the Great), appointed ruler of the East, 379–95, by Gratian; last ruler of united empire, 394–95
Emperors in the East(until the fall of Rome; see table entitled Rulers of the Byzantine Empire for later emperors)
Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, 395–408
Theodosius II, son of Arcadius, 408–50
Marcian, brother-in-law of Theodosius II, 450–57
Leo I, chosen by the senate, 457–74
Leo II, grandson of Leo I, 474
Zeno, 474–75
Basilicus, 475–76
Emperors in the West
Honorius, son of Theodosius I, 395–423
Maximus, usurper in Spain, 409–11
Constantius III, named joint emperor by Honorius, 421
Valentinian III, nephew of Honorius and son of Constantius III, 425–55
Petronius Maximus, bought office by bribery, 455
Avitus, placed in office by Goths, 455–56
Majorian, puppet emperor of Ricimer, 457–61
Libius Severus, puppet emperor of Ricimer, 461–65
Anthemius, appointed by Ricimer and Leo I, 467–72
Olybrius, appointed by Ricimer, 472–73
Glycerius, appointed by Leo I, 473–74
Julius Nepos, appointed by Leo I, 474–75
Romulus Augustulus, put in office by Orestes, his father, 474–76
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Impartial Stranger: History and Intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Book by Peter Cosgrove; University of Delaware Press, 1999
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Historiography, Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794--Criticism And Interpretation, Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794--History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Historians In Literature, Intertextuality, Literature And History, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography
...seems to be a clash of domi- nates, if we allow a comparison between historians term for the powerful rulers of the later Roman empire and the notion of the powerful consciousness organizing the randomness of data. The ful- crum of transformation...
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Greek Literature and the Roman Empire: The Politics of Imitation
Book by Tim Whitmarsh; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Civilization, Greco-Roman, Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D, Greece--Relations--Rome, Greek Literature--Appreciation--Rome, Greek Literature--Rome--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Greece--History--To 1500, Politics And Literature--Rome--History, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D, Rome--Relations--Greece
...Literature and the Roman Empire The Politics of Imitation TIM...literature and the Roman empire. Although my title echoes that of Bowersocks influential...but itself part of the problem. Bowersocks...sophists in the Roman empire begins with...
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Portraits: Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire
Book by M. J. Edwards, Simon Swain; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Biography As A Literary Form, Biography In Literature, Civilization, Greco-Roman, Classical Literature--History And Criticism, Greece--Biography, Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D--Biography--History And Criticism, Mimesis In Literature, Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Biography--History And Criticism
...Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire Edited by M. J. EDWARDS...Greek and Latin literature of the Roman Empire edited by Mark Edwards and...Biographic in the Literature of the Roman Empire SIMON SWAIN 1...
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The Roman Empire at Bay: AD 180-395
Book by David S. Potter; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Power (Social Sciences)--Rome, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...PART I The shape of the Roman Empire 1...shall argue that the strength of the Roman Empire derived from the way that the...talking about the government of the Roman Empire we are often talking about...
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The Provinces of the Roman Empire: From Caesar to Diocletian - Vol. 2
Book by Theodor Mommsen, William P. Dickson; Charles Scribners Sons, 1887
Subjects: Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...like the Roman governors...themselves the highest civil...the army of the Parthians...Parthian empire. It is true...the Greek rulers had come...None of the rulers bear even...and, had the Arsacids...in their empire. Certainly...the time of Claudius...coinage of the Roman east provinces...
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The Invisible Hand of the American Empire
Journal article by Robert Hunter Wade; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 17, 2003
Subjects: Department of the Treasury, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization
...rest of the world and fortify its empire-like power.11 And since it is occurring in a world of "sovereign" states its costs can be made the responsibility of each state to...directed at each other and their own rulers; but now the idea has spread among...
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Framing the Sun: the Arch of Constantine and the Roman Cityscape
Journal article by Elizabeth Marlowe; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Art history, Christianity, Memorials & monuments, Religion, Roman civilization, Urban areas
...cult.86 Both the logic and language of the Edict of Milan are likewise highly traditional: the safety and prosperity of the Roman Empire depended on the proper worship of all the gods. There is, in other words, no shortage of reminders that Constantine...
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Adminisrative Legacies of the Persian World-state Empire: Implications for Modern Public Administration, Part 2
Journal article by Ali Farazmand; Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, 2003
...administration. Over one thousand years later, the Roman Emperor Charlemagne adopted the Persian institution of Inspector General in his governance (Frey...dual systems of administrative division of the Empire based on (1) ethnic, cultural, and religious...
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Adminisrative Legacies of the Persian World-state Empire: Implications for Modern Public Administration, Part 2
Journal article by Ali Farazmand; Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, 2002
Subjects: Public administration, Series & special reports, Studies
...administration. Over one thousand years later, the Roman Emperor Charlemagne adopted the Persian institution of Inspector General in his governance (Frey...dual systems of administrative division of the Empire based on (1) ethnic, cultural, and religious...
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Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon
Journal article by Christina Maranci; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Architecture, Art, Christianity, Memorials & monuments, Middle Ages, Religion, Sculpture
...Standing on Caucasian soil and reminded of the rulers great deeds, this viewer would have certainly felt greater assurance of Armenian fidelity to the empire. For an Armenian, the same image might have recalled...
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Hadrian and the Limits of Empire: The Emperor Hadrian Presided over the Roman Empire at Its Height, Defined Its Borders and Was One of the Most Cultured Rulers of the Ancient World. Neil Faulkner Revisits His Legacy, as the British Museum Opens a Major Exhibition on His Life and Times
Magazine article by Neil Faulkner; History Today, Vol. 58, August 2008
Subjects: British Museum--Exhibitions, Emperors--Appreciation, Emperors--Portrayals, Emperors--Powers and duties, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD, Rome (Ancient state), Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Appreciation, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Portrayals, Trajan, Emperor of Rome--Powers and duties
...Presided over the Roman Empire at Its Height...and Was One of the Most Cultured Rulers of the Ancient...first of the Roman emperors to wear the beard of a Greek philosopher...the latter rulers and generals...all over the empire, but he built...
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Rotting from the Top: As the Roman Empire Declined Its Leaders Became Interested More in Personal Survival Than Good Governance. Sound Familiar? Adrian Goldsworthy Draws Comparisons with Current Crises
Magazine article by Adrian Goldsworthy; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009
Subjects: Financial crises--Comparative analysis, Public administration--Comparative analysis, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--Economic aspects
...infants proclaimed as co-rulers, all emperors lived through at least one civil war. The threat was intensely personal...power to overthrow the empire, or for a long time even...conquer substantial areas of the provinces. A Roman challenger did not want...
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The Republic Matures: The Roman Republic Was Not Built in a Day, but Was the Product of Generations of Reform and Even Some Serious Reverses
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 20, October 18, 2004
Subjects: Political history--Analysis, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History
...already building an overseas empire, Scipio (later surnamed...leader, had taken captive the bride-to-be of an Iberian prince named...would be a friend to the Roman people; and if you believe...Cantacuzenus, one of the last rulers of Byzantium, contemplating...
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The Survival of the Eastern Roman Empire
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; History Today, November 1998
Subjects: Istanbul, Turkey--History, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)
...conquer the Roman provinces...would disrupt the whole delicate...defensive system of Arab alliances...force the empire to a great...emperor. The fiction of a single united Roman empire was still...Bury History of The Later Roman Empire, (Dover paperbacks...
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Lessons of Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Provides Lessons That Hint at Flaws in Modern Political Policies
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 21, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...Republic, in the Byzantine Empire, and in Western Christendom, which preferred the Latin language over the...closed on the civilization of Cicero, Brutus, and even...Romans, made the loss of Roman liberty only vaguely noticeable...in power to political rulers, Roman priests remained...
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Why Football Rulers Are Starting to Fear ROMANS Expanding Empire
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 4, 2005
...Why Football Rulers Are Starting...ROMANS Expanding Empire. Byline...are linked to the company who...secret source of MSIs funding...Chelsea and Roman Abramovich...Russia as part of the same fraud...20 per cent of the stock and there...
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When Barbarians Were Not
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 23, 2009
Subjects: Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD
...Spain effectively preserved the Western Roman Empire. Most notably, in the early sixth century Theodoric, one of the maligned Goths, stabilized life in...scarcely aware that the Romans were their rulers. Christianity was the official religion...
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Compelling Study of Hadrian's Reign; BOOKS Hadrian - Empire and Conflict by Thorsten Opper. Published by British Museum Press, Pounds 40th. Reviewed by RICHARD EDMONDS
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 23, 2008
...figure. He was an empire builder, architect...always been part of the myths and legends...surrounded the great Roman rulers. Even Julius Caesar...providing a reminder of the Roman heel, which once...incisive examination of the most famous Roman of them all, we...
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Will Europe's Spoilt Children Put Us to Shame by Saying No to the EU Empire? BOOM TOWN: Model Glenda Gilson, Former Miss World Rosanna Davison and Former Miss Ireland Sarah Morrissey, Left, Epitomise Dublin's Glamorous New Image. Above: Millionaire Declan Ganley Is Leading the No Campaign
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 25, 2008
...the secret horror of the real rulers of Europe, one tiny country isletting...its independence for ever. The other 26 members of the Franco-German Empire have meekly agreed to accepttheir...publictelephones. It was also much more Roman Catholic. Now you can tell...
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A Hapsburg Ruler Who Failed despite Empire and Elephant
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 10, 2002
...Europes least effective rulers. As a Hapsburg, Maximilian was a member of one of Europes leading dynasties...had built up a massive empire, uniting the Netherlands, Spain, the...Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, over which Maximilian...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RULERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (table) Rulers of the Roman Empire ( including dates of reign ) Augustus, grandnephew...until the fall of Rome; see table entitled Rulers of the Byzantine Empire for later emperors) Arcadius, son of Theodosius...
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Holy Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...According to Carolingian theory, the Roman Empire had merely been suspended, not ended, by the abdication of the last Roman emperor in 476. In 800, Pope Leo III...coronation in Rome by Pope John XII, various rulers bore the imperial title but exercised...
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Westphalia, Peace Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...satisfactions" the power and influence of the Holy Roman Empire and of the house of Hapsburg were lessened. The sovereignty of...religious deliberations was significant. Territorial rulers continued to determine the religion of their subjects...
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Arles, Kingdom Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Conrad II annexed the kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire in 1034, but few of his successors troubled to be crowned as king of Arles. The imperial rulers exercised little control, and the component parts...
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Utrecht, Peace Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...kingship of the Prussian rulers. The Anglo-Spanish treaty (July...confirmed the clauses of the Anglo-French treaties...between Louis XIV and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and...bank of the Rhine to the empire and confirmed Austria in...
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