Rome emperor timeline

Marcus Aurelius (Blue)

121 BCE

He is one of the greatest Philosopher Emperor, and the name of Caesar. He is the communicator between Rome and China. His childhood was not so well, nobody acknowledge him. "Nobody at the time would have predicted that he would one day be Emperor of the Empire." (Daily stoic)

Augustus (Blue)

63 BCE

Augustus is the presenter of the word divine, supreme, Roman Senates added him into the "Gods" rank, and used the name August to name August (The month). He ended the civil war of a generation, and leaded Rome empire had a long time of peace, called the "Rome peace". On the other hand, he was very arrogant, he want every thing to owned by him self. "As the first Roman emperor (though he never claimed the title for himself)" (History)

Tiberius (Red)

42 BCE

After being in power, it is not universally loved by the subjects. In the later period of the ruling, the conspiracy of the struggle between the parties made him use the brutal means to deal with the political enemy. So I think I bad family background effects a person. "Tiberius’ real father, Tiberius Nero, died when Tiberius was nine years old." (quatr)

Claudius (White)

10 BCE

After the last emperor has been assassinated, the senates recognised him to be the emperor

Vespasian (Blue)

9

The first emperor of the Roman Empire Flavio, actively cooperate with the Romanian Senate to reform the internal affairs and rebuild the economic order.

Nerva (White)

30

He is the first emperor of the Five emperors of the Ancient Roman Empire, also the last Roman Emperor born on the Italian peninsula.

Nero (Red)

37

He was terrorizing Empire in Rome, killing the innocent brutal act, killed his mother and wife, killed many senators.

Titus (Blue)

41

The second emperor of the Roman Empire Flavio, at 70 years, he leaded Rome defeat the Jerusalem, and ended the Jewish war. During his first two year of politics leading, Rome had three big disaster, but the Rome citizens still loves him.

Trajan (Blue)

53

When he was ruling Rome, making the territory of the Roman Empire extremely prosperous under his rule. He had established Trajan's Column to record his own merits, senates calls him the Best Rome "Citizen".

Hadrian (Blue)

76

He built the Great Wall of Hadrian, delimiting the northern border of the Rome Empire in Britannia. As the emperor of Rome, he advocated humanism and advocated Greek culture.

Antoninus Pius (Blue)

86

During the reign of Antonius, the foreign defense, to adjust the various aspects of the relationship, and vigorously develop the economy, promote the province economy and the prosperity of the empire.

Commodus (Red)

161

Kang Maode, a classical writer in the third Century, regarded him as a tyrant. His historians didn't always comment on it. The British historian gibbon took Kang Maode as the first person to cause the decline of the country in his book.

Diocletian (White)

244

It ended the crisis of the third century of the Rome Empire (235 years to 284 years) and established the system of four emperors, making it the main regime in the late Rome empire.

Constantine (White)

272

1. Abolishing the "four emperors co governance";
2. Divided into four administrative regions of the country, the provincial military and political reform;
3. The capital of Constantinople;
4. Recognition of the legal status of Christianity.