The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC – 68 AD) Julius Caesar, who lends his name to Julio, was on his way to becoming an emperor but was killed.
Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) Established what a Roman emperor should be.
Tiberius (14 AD – 37 AD)
Caligula (37 AD – 41 AD) is a nickname that means “little boots”. His real name is Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. He is considered the worst emperor ever and was diagnosed as mad. He wore women’s clothes around the palace; he claimed he was going to make his horse consul.
Claudius (41 AD – 54 AD) became an unlikely emperor after Caligula was killed. The old I Claudius on PBS was a great show 35 years ago.
Nero (54 AD – 68 AD
The Year of the Four Emperors (68 – 69 AD)
Galba (68 AD – 69 AD)
Otho (68 – 69 AD)
Vitellius (69 AD)
The Flavian Dynasty (69 AD – 96 AD)
Vespasian (69 AD – 79 AD) commissioned the Colosseum around A.D. 70-72
Titus (79 AD – 81 AD)
Domitian (81 AD – 96 AD)
The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty (96 AD – 192 AD)
Nerva (96 AD – 98 AD)
Trajan (98 AD – 117 AD)
Hadrian (117 AD – 138 AD) best known for his wall in Britan, was a Spaniard.
Antoninus Pius (138 AD – 161 AD)
Marcus Aurelius (161 AD – 180 AD) & Lucius Verus (161 AD – 169 AD)
Commodus (180 AD – 192 AD)
The Year of the Five Emperors (193 AD – 194 AD)
Pertinax (193 AD)
Didius Julianus (193 AD)
Pescennius Niger (193 AD – 194 AD)
Clodius Albinus (193 AD – 197 AD)
The Severan Dynasty (193 AD – 235 AD)
Septimius Severus (193 AD – 211 AD)
Caracalla (211 AD – 217 AD)
Geta (211 AD)
Macrinus (217 AD – 218 AD)
Diaumenian (218 AD)
Elagabalus (218 AD – 222 AD)
Severus Alexander (222 AD – 235 AD)
The Crisis of the Third Century (235 AD – 284 AD)
Maximinus Thrax (235 AD – 238 AD) known as the only Barbarian emperor
Gordian I (238 AD)
Gordian II (238 AD)
Pupienus (238 AD)
Balbinus (238 AD)
Gordian III (238 AD – 244 AD)
Phillip I (244 AD – 249 AD)
Phillip II (247 AD – 249 AD)
Decius (249 AD – 251 AD)
Herrenius Etruscus (251 AD)
Trebonianus Gallus (251 AD – 253 AD)
Hostilian (251 AD)
Volusianus (251 – 253 AD)
Aemilianus (253 AD)
Sibannacus (253 AD)
Valerian (253 AD – 260 AD)
Gallienus (253 AD – 268 AD)
Saloninus (260 AD)
Claudius Gothicus (268 AD – 270 AD)
Quintillus (270 AD)
Aurelian (270 AD – 275 AD)
Tacitus (275 AD – 276 AD)
Florianus (276 AD)
Probus (276 AD – 282 AD)
Carus (282 AD – 283 AD)
Carinus (283 AD – 285 AD)
Numerian (283 AD – 284 AD)
The Tetrarchy (284 AD – 324 AD) – governing of the Empire was split into East and West with a Senior emperor and a Junior emperor in each. This was done because the Empire was large and cumbersome.
Diocletian (284 AD – 305 AD) reformed the governing structure into a Tetrarchy. The only emperor to voluntarily retired, as opposed to ones who were encouraged at sword point. His retirement home is in Spilt Croatia.
Maximian (286 AD – 305 AD)
Galerius (305 AD – 311 AD)
Constantius I (305 AD – 306 AD)
Severus II (306 AD – 307 AD)
Maxentius (306 AD – 312 AD)
Licinius ( 308 AD – 324 AD)
Maximinus II (310 AD – 313 AD)
Valerius Valens (316 AD – 317 AD)
Martinian (324 AD)
The Constantinian Dynasty (306 AD – 364 AD)
Constantine I (306 AD – 337 AD) adopted Christianity as the state religion. He moved the capital to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople, modern day Istanbul.
Constantine II (337 AD – 340 AD)
Constans I (337 AD – 350 AD)
Constantius II (337 AD – 361 AD)
Magnentius (350 AD – 353 AD)
Nepotianus (350 AD)
Vetranio (350 AD)
Julian (361 AD – 363 AD)
Jovian (363 AD – 364 AD)
The Valentinian Dynasty (364 AD – 394 AD)
Valentinian I (364 AD – 375 AD)
Valens (364 AD – 378 AD)
Procopius (365 AD – 366 AD)
Gratian (375 AD – 383 AD)
Magnus Maximus (383 AD – 388 AD)
Valentinian II (388 AD – 392 AD)
Eugenius (392 AD – 394 AD)
The Theodosian Dynasty (379 AD – 457 AD)
Theodosius I (379 AD – 395 AD)
Arcadius (395 AD – 408 AD)
Honorius (395 AD – 423 AD)
Constantine III (407 AD – 411 AD)
Theodosius II (408 AD – 450 AD) The double Theodosian Walls of Constantinople were built under his reign
Priscus Attalus (409 AD – 410 AD)
Constantius III (421 AD)
Johannes (423 AD – 425 AD)
Valentinian III (425 AD – 455 AD)
Marcian (450 AD – 457 AD)
Leo I and the Last Emperors in the West (455 AD – 476 AD)
Leo I (457 AD – 474 AD)
Petronius Maximus (455 AD)
Avitus (455 AD – 456 AD)
Majorian (457 AD – 461 AD)
Libius Severus (461 AD – 465 AD)
Anthemius (467 AD – 472 AD)
Olybrius (472 AD)
Glycerius (473 AD – 474 AD)
Julius Nepos (474 AD – 475 AD)
Romulus Augustus (475 AD – 476 AD) the last Western Roman emperor