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Imperātōrēs

Emperors

From Augustus to Constantine: the men who ruled the Roman world, as the ancient sources tell it.

  1. Augustusthe first emperor of the Roman empire, was born on the 23rd of September of the year B. C. 63, in the consulship of M. Tullius Cicero and C. Antonius. He was the son of C…30 min read
  2. Tiberius1. emperor of Rome, A. D. 14-37. His full name was TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS NERO CAESAR. He was the son of T. Claudius Nero [NERO, No. 7] and of Livia, and was born on the 16th …26 min read
  3. Caligulathe third in the series of Roman emperors, reigned from A. D. 37 to A. D. 41. His real name was Caius Caesar, and he received that of Caligula in the camp, from caligae, …9 min read
  4. Claudius38. App. Claudius Pulcher, eldest son of No. 35 (Varr. R. R. 3.16), appears in B. C. 75 as the prosecutor of Terentius Varro. (Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. p. 109, Orel…4 min read
  5. NeroRoman emperor, A. D. 54-68. The emperor Nero was the son of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, and of Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus Caesar, and sister of Caligula. Nero's orig…18 min read
  6. Domitianusor with his full name T. FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS AUGUSTUS, was the younger of Vespasian's sons by his first wife Domitilla. He succeeded his elder brother Titus as emperor, an…8 min read
  7. Trajanuscomes, a general of the emperor Valens. In A. D. 373 he conducted the war against the Persians, and defeated Sapor with great slaughter. He spent the winter with Valens a…1 min read
  8. Hadrianusor ADRIANUS. We learn fiom the Codex Theodosianus that a person of this name held the office of Magister Officiorum in the reign of Honorius, A. D. 397 and 399 (Cod. Theo…1 min read
  9. AntoninusWorks Antonini Itinerarium The work which bears the title of Antonini Itinerarium is usually attributed to the emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus. It is also ascribed in the M…2 min read
  10. Commodus4. L. Ceionius Commodus, who was born at Rome on the 15th of December, A. D. 130. Upon the adoption of his father by Hadrian, he passed into the gens Aelia, and was entit…2 min read
  11. Constantinusthe tyrant, emperor in Britain, Gaul, and Spain, was a common soldier in the Roman army stationed in Britain in the beginning of the fifth century of our aera, during the…3 min read
  12. Julianusthe Graeco-Roman JURIST. A Latin Epitome of the Novells of Justinian is extant under this name. In one MS. the work is attributed to Joannes, a citizen of Constantinople;…10 min read