Roman Emperors

By abigail_stinnett
  • Period: 63 BCE to 14

    Augustus Caesar

    ~Was first Roman emperor following the fall of the republic
    ~Julius Caesar was his uncle/adoptive father
  • Period: 42 BCE to 37

    Tiberius Caesar

    ~became a tyrannical recluse inflicting a reign of terror
    ~His father was a formal fleet captain for Julius Caesar
  • Period: 10 BCE to 54

    Claudius Caesar

    ~Extended Roman rule in North Africa
    ~Made Britain a province
  • Period: 3 BCE to 69

    Galba

    ~Was governor of Hispania Tarraconensis
    ~Otho killed Galba after Galba had antagonized him
  • Period: 9 to 79

    Vespasian

    ~Was the first to start a system of public education
    ~Inflated currency and increased provincial taxation
  • Period: 12 to 41

    Caligula Caesar

    ~Believed to have been mad and unpredictable tyrant
    ~Third Roman Emperor
  • 14

    Augustus Caesar

    Augustus Caesar
  • 15

    Vitellius

    Vitellius
    ~Troops had proclaimed him emperor instead of swearing themselves to Galba ~Was tortured on the Scalae Gemoniae then dragged by a hook into the Tiber
  • Period: 32 to 69

    Otho

    ~Had helped Galba but then turned against him
    ~Otho had committed suicide after losing a battle to Vitellius
  • Period: 35 to 98

    Nerva

    ~Brought a sense of peace and justice to the empire
    ~He was captured by Praetorian guards but the guards were later captured ~One of the Five Good Emperors
  • 37

    Tiberius Caesar

    Tiberius Caesar
  • Period: 37 to 68

    Nero Caesar

    ~Famous for burning down Rome while playing the fiddle. ~Also persecuted Christians
  • 41

    Caligula

    Caligula
  • Period: 41 to 80

    Titus

    ~Had lots of military training and went to battle multiple times
    ~He is the older brother of Domitian
  • Period: 51 to 96

    Domitian

    ~Rebuilt many public buildings
    ~Greed and fear of assassination made him cruel
    ~One of his own counsel men killed him by stabbing
  • Period: 53 to 117

    Trajan

    ~Was concerned with good government and public welfare
    ~Built many statues and many buildings
    ~ Known as the 2nd of the Five Good Emperors
  • 54

    Claudius Caesar

    Claudius Caesar
  • 68

    Nero

    Nero
  • 69

    Galba

    Galba
  • Period: 76 to 138

    Hadrian

    ~Rebuilt the city of Rome to make it look nicer. Things such as the Pantheon
    ~Had a wall built for him called Hadrian's Wall ~One of the Five Good Emperors
  • 79

    Vespasian

    Vespasian
  • Period: 86 to 161

    Antoninus Pius

    ~Always insisted that law be fair and impartial
    ~His reign is known as relative peace
    ~Was one of the Five Good Emperors
  • 96

    Domitian

    Domitian
  • 121

    Marcus Aurelius

    Marcus Aurelius
    ~Was one of the Five Good Emperors
    ~Was concerned with improving living conditions of the poor
  • Period: 126 to 193

    Publius Helvius Pertinax

    ~Son of a freed slave. He later entered the army
    ~small group of soldiers murdered him only three months into his reign
  • Period: 130 to 169

    Lucius Verus

    ~Went to war with both Parthia and Danube
    ~ Had a tavern built in his house and possibly died of smallpox
  • Period: 133 to 193

    Marcus Didius

    ~Was a wealthy Roman senator before becoming emperor
    ~Danube legions killed Didius
  • Period: 161 to 192

    Commodus

    ~Went mad when his sister attempted to assassinate him
    ~Was strangled by an athlete
  • 192

    Commodus

    Commodus