Roman Emperors

By Cuda
  • 69 BCE

    Aulus Vitellius

    Aulus Vitellius
    -historian and biographer
    -Lived for roughly 50 years after reign of Rome
    -Protege of emperor Tiberius
  • 63 BCE

    Augustus Caesar

    Augustus Caesar
    -Founded Rome
    -Reign started in 44 B.C
    -Responsible for Pax Romana
    -Initiated religious reform to the Romans
    -Established very effective financial system in Rome
    -net worth 4.6 trillion
  • 17 BCE

    Emperor Tiberius Facts

    Emperor Tiberius Facts
    -Father was a high priest and magistrate
    -Not appealing but broad shouldered and strong
    -first military command was at age 22
  • 41

    Emperor Caligula

    Emperor Caligula
    -Roman emperor 12-41 AD
    -Assassinated in January 41 AD
    -age 24 got power because Tiberius fell ill and died
    -uncle Claudius succeeded him as emperor
  • 49

    Claudius reign

    Claudius reign
    -expanded roman empire to include Britain
    -began conquest of Britain
  • 54

    Emperor Nero

    Emperor Nero
    -reigned from 54 AD to 68 CE
    -Notoriously known for playing the fiddle while he watched Rome burn
    -Blamed the Christians for great fire that burned down Rome
    -Last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian
  • 69

    Galba

    Galba
    -Roman Emperor for 7 months
    -Governor of Nearer Spain for 8 years
    -Lucius Clodius Macer who’s revolt against Rome, from Africa, cut off the roman grain supply
  • 69

    Emperor Otho

    Emperor Otho
    -Roman emperor for four months
    -joined rebellion against Nero by Galba
    -Organized conspiracy among the Praetorian Guard who murdered Galba in Roman Forum
    -Pronounced emperor on 1/14/69 ad
  • 79

    Emperor Vespasian

    Emperor Vespasian
    -started building Colosseum 72 CE
    -Reign of Roman emperor Vespasian started on 12/26/69
  • 81

    Emperor Titus

    Emperor Titus
    -Reign was from 79-81 CE
    -left war to barrister in the high court
    -son of Vespasian
  • 96

    Domitian

    -first emperor to campaign in person since Claudius
    -hated by aristocracy
  • 98

    Nerva

    • adopted Trajan -freed everyone imprisoned by Domitian
  • 117

    Trajan

    -First roman emperor born outside of Spain
    -ruled from 98 ad -117 ad
    -prioritized protecting and expanding roman empire
  • 138

    Hadrian

    -3rd of the so-called five good emperors
    -cultivated admirer of greek civilization
  • 189

    Commodus

    -strangled by a champ wrestler 12/31/192
    -renamed rome the Colony of Commodus