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- aka Octavian, Julius Caesar's grandnephew/adopted heir, 1st emperor of Rome,1st julio-claudian, reign known as Principate daughter:julia wife:scribonia also married to Livia: mother of Tibberius & Drusus, adopted Tiberius as heir, 27 BC-AD 14
- Augustus
- aka Gaius, name meant "little boots", son of germanicus & agrippina, mentally unbalance/insane, AD 37-41
- Caligula
- AD41-54 so of Drusus & antonia, caligulas uncle, ill, praetorian guard chose him as emperor, conquered Britain, married giantess, political marriage, poisoned his dish of mushrooms 2 kill him
- Claudius
- AD 54-68, seneca & Burrus (philosopeher, praetorian guide) were his advisors, 17 year old emperor, murdered mother & half-brother &1st wife(octavia), married poppaea, kicked her (as a pregnant woman)) to death, vain, disliked, built domus aur
- Nero
- 4 emperors, AD69
- galba, otho, vitellius, vespasian
- 1st of flavians, tried 2 restore senate, supported army, defeated revolt in Gaul, built a great arch in the forum, started construction on the colleseum, AD71-79
- vespasian
- oldest son of Vespasian, conquered jerusalem in AD70, dedicated coleseum, mt vesuvius erupted in AD79, AD 79-81
- Titus
- AD 81-06, youngest son of vespasian, the best writers of silver age wrote during his reign, cruel as he got older, murdered
- Domitian
- 1st of the good emperors, AD96-98, elderly senator ruled for 16 months, decide emperors should b chosen 4 ability, integrity, legally adopted, adopted trajan as heir
- Nerva
- AD98-117, spaniard, conquered romania, expanded borders of empire w/ campaigns against Dacians & PArthians, ruled empire w/ firmness& humanity, adopted cousin, Hadrian as heir, died of stroke
- Trajan
- peace & prosperity, AD 117-138, built panthenon, palaces,baths, &temples in Tivoli, founded Avignon& Adrianople, gave doub;e bonus 2 army, added new quarters 2 athens, gave up eastern territory, stabilized boundaries, built ______'s wallin br
- Hadrian
- AD138-161, reign was orderly & peaceful, never left italy, encouraged earthquake repairs & adopted nephew as heir
- Antonius Pius
- AD 161-169, co-ruled w/ Marcus Aurellius, until death, married Lucilla (aurellius's daughter), weak ruler, commanded eastern forces from AD163-166
- Luciua Verus
- co ruled w/ Luciua Verus, until verus died in AD169, troubled by migrating tribes in the empire, spent time fighting barbarians, reign full of unrest, revolt, & trreason, barbarian invasions, famine, & plague, stolic philosiphy, vicious son Commo
- Marcus Aurellius
- AD180-192, son of marcus aurellius, thought of himself as hercules, strangled 2 death in AD192 by narcissus
- commodus
- AD 193, praetorian guard, elderly senator, killed by soldiers spear after failing to pay Guard bonus
- pertinax
- rich senator, AD193chosenby praetorian guard after bidding th highest in a mock auction, unpopular, murderered in a deserted place
- Didius JUlianus
- AD193-211, ended war of armies, replaced praetorian guard w/ non-romans, defeated parthia, died in york, britain. 1st of the severi
- Septimus Servi
- AD211-217, oldest son of septimus servus, murdered brother (geta), brutal rul;er, thought he was alexxander the great, slew 20,000 "disloyal" people, built public baths & granted roman citizzenship to every1 in the empire in AD212 2 increas
- caracalla
- AD217-218 moor from africa, , routed in battle nearantioch &put 2 death
- Macrinus
- AD222-235, under influence of his mother julia mamaea, wise, 14 years of sanity (his reign), kept icons of jupiter, orpheus, abraham, & jesus in private chapel, desertred by army & murdered
- Alexander Severus
- AD270-275, victorious over goths & germans, captured/defeated Zenobia (queen of palmyra), reconquered Gaul, restored unity 2 empire, murdered on his birthday
- Aurellian
- barbarians invaded gaul during his reign, 70 towns burned, AD 276-282
- probus
- AD285-305, introduced social, political & economic reforms 2 the empire, removed priveledges that were paid by the provinces &unsuccesfully tried 2 regulate inflation , increased taxation, increased army, devalued currency, divided empire into te
- Diocletian
- overcame rivals after civil war, reunited w/ western empire, in AD314 he defeated emperor in the east & became sole ruler, Ad312-morning of his victoey over maxentius at the battle of milvian bridge, constantine was said 2 have seen a cross burnning
- Constantine the GReat
- AD337-361, 3rd son of constantine, became augustus in the East after his father's death, died while marching 2 confront challenge of Julian
- constantinus II
- AD361-363,son of half-brother of constantine, studied greek classics in asia, had a secret Pagan conversion, married emperors sister Helena, put in charge of Gaul & britain, ostensible religion tolerance, favoritism to paganism, died from being fatal
- Julian the Apostate
- made christianity only legal religion, AD379-395, In AD 391 in Milan, he issued a law against paganism, divided empire between sons permanently into east & west
- Theodosius I
- AD383-408, oldest son of theodusius, ruled the east, weak ruler, ministers made imperial policy
- Arcadius
- AD395-423, youngest son of theodosius, ruled west, dominated by stilicho, during reign Aalric & Visigoths sacked Rome in AD410, died childless
- Honorius
- AD425-455 ruled west, unmilitary & ineffectual leader, vandals attacked rome in AD455, same year he was killed
- Valetinian III
- conquered by odoacer(germanic chieftan), last emperor
- Romulus augustus