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Period: 63 BCE to 14
Augustus
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Period: 42 BCE to 37
Tiberius
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32 BCE
Augustus wages war with Egypt
After Marc Antony left Octavia, Augustus (formerly known as Octavian) waged war against Cleopatra and Marc. -
Period: 10 BCE to 54
Claudius
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Period: 3 BCE to 69
Galba
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9
Vespasian is born
Vespasian, a future emperor of Rome, is born. -
Period: 9 to 79
Vespasian
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Period: 12 to 41
Gaius
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14
Augustus dies
Augustus passes away at the old age of 75 -
14
Tiberius becomes Emperor
Tiberius becomes emperor of Rome after the deaths of Julia's children -
Period: 15 to 69
Vitellius
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Period: 32 to 69
Otho
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Period: 35 to 98
Nerva
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37
Tiberius dies
Tiberius dies from natural causes at the age of 78 -
37
Gaius becomes ill
Gaius becomes severely ill only a few months after becoming Emperor -
Period: 37 to 68
Nero
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39
Titus is born
Titus (future emperor of Rome) is born into a politically powerful family -
Period: 39 to 81
Titus
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41
Gaius dies
Gaius is killed by his own people after being declared a tyrant -
41
Claudius becomes emperor
Claudius is proclaimed emperor of Rome after being found cowering in fear. -
41
Claudius begins his paranoid acts in the empire
the first thing Claudius did when he became emperor was execute Caligula's assassins -
Period: 51 to 96
Domitian
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53
Trajan is born
Trajan is born in the town of Baetica -
Period: 53 to 117
Trajan
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64
Nero (probably) burns the streets of Rome
Nero sits and watches as the streets of Rome burn because of his actions. -
68
Vitellius gains power in lower Germany.
Vitellius is appointed governor of lower Germany -
68
Galba vs Nero
with fear of assassination by Nero rising, Galba joined the revolt against Nero -
68
Nero's reign of terror ends
Nero kills himself after he is declared a tyrant by the Roman people to avoid jail time -
69
Otho dies
Otho committed suicide after losing a battle in 69 CE -
69
Otho gets Galba killed
Otho creates a conspiracy that ultimately ends in Galba getting murdered. -
69
Galba is executed
After Galba made many unpopular opinions with Rome, he was executed alongside Piso -
70
Vespasian raises taxes
because of financial issues in the Roman government, Vespasian raised taxes by a lot -
Period: 76 to 138
Hadrian
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79
Vespasian dies
Vespasian dies of illness in 79 CE -
79
Titus observes the destruction in Pompeii
Titus takes a trip to Pompeii after the eruption that killed many. While he did this, a major fire began to rage in Rome. -
81
Domitian becomes emperor
Domitian Takes power as emperor before his brother even dies -
Period: 86 to 161
Antoninus
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96
Nerva takes power
Nerva becomes emperor in 96 CE -
96
Domitian is murdered
Domitian is stabbed in the groin after a conspiracy conducted by the Roman citizens was successful -
98
Nerva dies
Nerva passes away of unknown causes in 98 CE -
99
Trajan shows generosity and kindness
Trajan treats the senate with high respect, and he displays generosity towards the common people of Rome. -
117
Hadrian leads an army in syria
Hadrian is put in control of an army that was needed in Syria if the Romans wanted their plans to be successful -
117
Hadrian takes power
Hadrian takes power as emperor in Rome after the demise of Trajan -
121
Marcus is born
Marcus, future emperor of Rome alongside his brother, is born. -
Period: 121 to 180
Marcus
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126
Pertinax is born
Pertinax, the son of a freed slave, is born 126 CE -
Period: 126 to 193
Pertinax
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138
Antoninus becomes Emperor
Antoninus becomes emperor of Rome. He is known as one of the five good emperors of Rome -
142
Antoninus has a wall built
Antoninus had a large barrier built to extend Rome farther than Hadrian's Wall. -
161
Marcus becomes co-emperor alongside his brother.
Marcus and his brother rule Rome together as co-emperors. -
161
Commodus is born
Commodus comes into the not-so-great Roman empire. -
Period: 161 to 192
Commodus
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164
Macrinus is born
Macrinus arrives in the world. -
Period: 164 to 218
Macrinus
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173
Maximinus Thrax is born
Maximinus Thrax, a Roman emperor who would meet an unfortunate fate, is born. -
Period: 173 to 211
Thrax
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182
Commodus goes mad
after an assassination attempt from one of his relatives, Commodus slips into insanity. -
193
Pertinax's reign begins... and ends
Pertinax becomes emperor of Rome, however, his reign only lasts about 3 months before he is murdered by his own soldiers. -
211
Maximinus Thrax is killed by his army.
Maximinus Thrax's army lost confidence in him after many failed battles, so they decided to kill him. -
217
Macrinus becomes emperor
Macrinus is declared emperor of Rome 3 days after the assasination of the previous emperor. Macrinus is the first emperor with no senatorial success.
