Ave Caesar!

[SwordsMaster]

Hey fellow monasterians. I've been looking through my roman history and found a tiny difficulty. It is hard to find a place where all the Roman emperors are mentioned chronologically.

So this shall be the place.

I do not know many of them myself so I'll let you, most learned scholars to post them.

I propose starting with Gaius Julius Caesar, but I do not know the exact dates of his birth, death and ascension to power, which is something I would like to have for every emperor.

Also, when it comes to that, please state if you are referring to the Eastern or Western part of the empire.

Good posting!

[edyzmedieval]

Here is the chronology

Dates Name
31-14 Augustus
14-37 Tiberius
37-41 Gaius (Caligula)
41-54 Claudius
54-68 Nero
68 C. Iulius Vindex

68 L. Clodius Macer

68-69 Galba
C. Nymphidius Sabinus

69 Otho
69 Vitellius
69-79 Vespasian
79-81 Titus
81-96 Domitian
89 L. Antonius Saturninus

96-98 Nerva
98-117 Trajan
117-138 Hadrian
138-161 Antoninus Pius
161-180 Marcus Aurelius
175 Avidius Cassius

161-166 L. Verus
180-192 Commodus
192-193 Pertinax
193 Didius Julianus
193-211 Septimius Severus
193-194 Pescennius Niger

193-197 Clodius Albinus

211-217 Antoninus (Caracalla)
211 Geta
217-218 Macrinus
218 Diadumenianus
218-22 Elagabalus
Seleucus

Uranius

Gellius Maximus

Verus

222-235 Severus Alexander
225-227 L. Seius Sallustius

Taurinus

235-238 Maximinus Thrax
Magnus

Quartinus

238 Gordian I
Gordian II

Pupienus (Maximus)

Balbinus

238-244 Gordian III
240 Sabinianus

244-249 Philip the Arab
248 Pacatianus

248 Iotapianus

Silbannacus

Sponsianus

247-249 Philip Iunior
249-251 Decius
250 T. Julius Priscus

250 Iulius Valens Licinianus

251 Herennius Etruscus

251 Hostilian

251-253 Trebonianus Gallus
Volusianus

253 Uranius Antoninus

253 Aemilius Aemilianus
253-260 Valerian
Mareades

253-268 Gallienus
260 Ingenuus

260 Regalianus

260-261 Macrianus Senior

260-261 Macrianus Iunior

260-261 Quietus

261 Piso

261 Valens

261 Ballista

261 Mussius Aemilianus

262 Memor

262, 268 Aureolus

Celsus

Saturninus

268-270 Claudius II Gothicus
Censorinus

270 Quintillus

270-275 Aurelian
271-272 Domitianus

271-272 Urbanus

271-272 Septimius

273 Firmus

270-271? Felicissimus

272 Vaballathus

260-274 Gallic Emperors
260-269 Postumus

269 Laelianus

269 Marius

269-270 Victorinus

271-274 Tetricus I

273?-274 Tetricus II

274 Faustinus

275-276 Tacitus
276 Florianus
276-282 Probus
280 Bonosus

280-281 Proculus

281 Saturninus

282-283 Carus
283-284 Numerianus
283-285 Carinus
284-305 Diocletian
297(296?) L. Domitius Domitianus

297-298? Aurelius Achilleus

303? Eugenius

285-ca.310 Maximianus Herculius
285 or 286Amandus

285 or 286Aelianus

ca. 286-293 Iulianus

286?-297? British Emperors
286/7-293 Carausius

293-296/7 Allectus

293-306 Constantius I Chlorus
293-311 Galerius
305-313 Maximinus Daia
305-307 Severus II
306-312 Maxentius
308-309 L. Domitius Alexander

308-324 Licinius
314(316?)Valens

324 Martinianus

306-337 Constantine I
333/334 Calocaerus

337-340 Constantine II
337-350 Constans I
337-361 Constantius II
350-353 Magnentius

350 Nepotian

350Vetranio

355 Silvanus

361-363 Julian
363-364 Jovian
364-375 Valentinian I
372?-374 or 375Firmus

364-378 Valens
365-366 Procopius

366 Marcellus

367-383 Gratian
375-392 Valentinian II
378-395 Theodosius I the Great
383-388 Magnus Maximus

384-388 Flavius Victor

392-394 Eugenius

395 PARTITION - WESTERN EMPIRE
393-423 Honorius
406-407 Marcus

407 Gratian

407-411 Constantine III

409/10-411 Constans II

409-411 Maximus

409-410, 414-415 Priscus Attalus

411-413 Jovinus

412-413 Sebastianus

421 Constantius III

423-425 Johannes

425-455 Valentinian III
455 Petronius Maximus
455-456 Avitus
457-461 Majorian
461-465 Libius Severus
467-472 Anthemius
468 Arvandus

470 Romanus

472 Olybrius
473-474 Glycerius
474-475 Julius Nepos
475-476 Romulus Augustulus


Update coming soon.....

[Marcellus]

For information on the chronology of the Roman Emperors, I would recommend Chronicle of the Roman Emperors:The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome by Chris Scarre. Click here for the amazon.co.uk listing of it.

The book deals with all the Roman emperors from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus, and gives enough detail on each one to give you a basic knowledge about each of their lives without flooding you with information.

There is also Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus by Philip Matyszak, which talks about the most important people in the Roman Republic (and also deals with the early kings). See here for more.

[SwordsMaster]

oh, cool, thanks.

[caesar44]

Many of the "emperors" mentioned above were only usurpers and never were recognized by the Senate or the people , only by their legion , so you have to list them separately

[HomerReborn]

Also,

Iulius Caesar was never Emperor-the first was Octavian.

The whole story is very interesting however; I'd be more than willing to direct you to some resources if you wish to study the fall of the Republic and the start of the Empire.