Timeline of Roman Emperors ✔️- Good ➖ Neutral ✖️- Bad

By Lawrence 2149
  • Period: 27 BCE to 14

    Augustus ✔️

    GOOD
    - 40 years of peace
    - Build many temple
    - Established world's first fire department
    - Promote communication, trade and portal services “Augustus.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 14 to 37

    Tiberius ✔️

    GOOD
    - Respect seniors and court
    - He left the Roman Empire prosperous and stable
    - Without him, the later history of Rome would have been less interesting and probably much shorter. “Tiberius.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 41 to 54

    Claudius ✔️

    GOOD
    - Give power to seniors
    - Respect court
    - Listen people's assembly and clan assembly
    - Personally goes to Britain counter-insurgency
    - Expansion harbor city Ostia Antica
    - Excavate Fuquins Lake on Apennines to Rome city, built up to 3 miles of drainage.
    - Solve the conflict between Jews and Greeks “Claudius.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Mar. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 54 to 68

    Nero ➖

    NEUTRAL
    - Murdering citizen at will
    - Performing other acts of cruelty
    - Banning capital punishment
    - Reduce tax Jarus, Owen. “Emperor Nero: Facts & Biography.” LiveScience, Purch, 8 Oct. 2013, www.livescience.com/40277-emperor-nero-facts.html. “Nero.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 69 to 79

    Vespasian ✔️

    GOOD
    - He is described by some writers as the man who saved Rome.
    - He wanted to restore the people's faith in Rome's economy and infrastructure.
    - He wanted to rebuild Rome it to its former glory before the civil wars. “Vespasian.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 79 to 81

    Titus ✔️

    GOOD
    - Provide loyalty to his father and Rome
    - Hold a grand battle show
    - Generously contribute money
    - Build public building Grand Arena and bathing area
    - Help victims and resettlement in the Mount Vesuvius eruption & use own money to buy medicine against the disease. “Titus.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 96 to 98

    Nerva ✔️

    GOOD
    - He swore not to execute senators
    - He released people who had been imprisoned under Domitian for treason
    - He prohibited slaves
    - He gave the property to those from whom it had been taken by his predecessor and put senators in charge of a land allotment to the poor.
    - One of the 5 good emperor Gill, N.S. “Learn About the 1st of the Good Emperors.” ThoughtCo, Thoughtco, www.thoughtco.com/good-emporer-nerva-119997. Assessed on mar 13 2018
  • Period: 98 to 117

    Trajan ✔️

    GOOD
    - He respected other leaders and his office
    - Success in battle to increase territory
    - Generous
    - One of the 5 good emperor Hammond, Mason. “Trajan.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 18 June 2015, www.britannica.com/biography/Trajan. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 117 to 138

    Hadrian ✔️

    GOOD
    - He built Hadrian's Wall. (A wall to mark the boundary of the empire and to prevent raids by the Scottish tribes)
    - He conquered most of Britain.
    - Let citizens were able to borrow state money, this money supported the local economy and helped take care of orphans
    - One of the 5 good emperor Bowersock, G.W. “Hadrian.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 Aug. 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Hadrian. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 138 to 161

    Antoninus Pius ✔️

    GOOD
    - Antoninus Pius introduced into Roman law the principles.
    - He put limits on the torture of slaves and banned the torture of children below the age of 14.
    - He built temples and theatres.
    - He conquered many land for Rome.
    - One of the 5 good emperor Donald L. Wasson. “Antoninus Pius.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 25 June 2013, www.ancient.eu/Antoninus_Pius/. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 161 to 180

    Marcus Aurelius ✔️

    GOOD
    - He wanted to give Rome back to the people.
    - Marcus Aurelius wanted Rome to be a republic again.
    - One of the 5 good emperor Crook, John Anthony. “Marcus Aurelius.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 10 Mar. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aurelius-emperor-of-Rome. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 177 to 192

    Commodus ✖️

    BAD
    - He surrendered everything his dad accomplished in was.
    - He was one of the other reason's of Rome falling. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Commodus.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2 Jan. 2014, www.britannica.com/biography/Commodus. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 284 to 305

    Diocletian ✔️

    GOOD
    - He changed taxation and max prices to be fair for the people and changed the military
    - Wasn't crazy for power Cousin, Jean. “Diocletian.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 15 Nov. 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Diocletian. Assessed on Mar 13 2018
  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine ✖️

    BAD
    - Emperor Constantine destroys its opponents one by one, and pretends to alliances with other people in order to gain absolute power.
    - He was the most murderous emperor of Rome.
    - He killed his eldest son, his second wife, Fausta, his close friend and senior consultant, Sopater.
    - Constantine believes that he can kill anyone. “Constantine the Great.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Mar. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great. Assessed on Mar 13 2018