List of Roman emperors
This is a list of Roman Emperors. Shown are the dates of their reign.
- Julius Caesar (46 BC - 44 BC), technically Dictator, not Imperator
- Augustus (27 BC - AD 14)
- Tiberius (14 - 37)
- Caligula (37 - 41)
- Claudius (41 - 54)
- Nero (54 - 68)
- Galba (68)
- Otho (69)
- Vitellius (69)
- Vespasian (69 - 79)
- Titus Flavius (79 - 81)
- Domitian (81 - 96)
- Nerva (96 - 98)
- Trajan (98 - 117)
- Hadrian (117 - 138)
- Antoninus Pius (138 - 161)
- Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180) (co-emperor Lucius Verus, 161 - 169)
- Commodus (180 - 193)
- Pertinax (193)
- Didius Julianus (193)
- Septimius Severus (193 - 211) (throne was also claimed by Pescennius Niger, 193 - 194, and Clodius Albinus, 193 - 197)
- Caracalla (211 - 217)
- Macrinus (217 - 218)
- Heliogabalus (218 - 222)
- Alexander Severus (222 - 235)
- Maximinus Thrax (235 - 238)
- Gordian I and Gordian II (238)
- Pupienus and Balbinus (238)
- Gordian III (238-244)
- Philip the Arab (244-249)
- Trajan Decius (249-251)
- Herennius Etruscus (251)
- Hostilian (251)
- Trebonianus Gallus (251-253)
- Aemilianus (253)
- Valerian I (253-260)
- Gallienus (260-268)
- Claudius II Gothicus (268-270)
- Quintillus (270)
- Aurelian (270-275)
- Tacitus (275-276)
- Florianus (276)
- Probus (276-282)
- Carus (282-283)
- Carinus (283-284) (throne was also claimed by Numerian)
- Diocletian (284 - 305) (co-emperor Maximian)
- Constantius Chlorus (305-306)
- Constantine I, the Great (306 - 337) (co-emperor Galerius, 305 - 311; throne was also claimed by Maxentius, 306 - 312, and Licinius, 308 - 334)
- Constantius II (337 - 361) (together with Constantine II, 337 - 340, and Constans, 337 - 350)
- Julian (361 - 363). Also known as 'the Apostate'
- Jovian (363 - 364)
- Valentinian I (364 - 375) (co-emperor Valens, 364 - 378)
- Valentinian II (375 - 392) (co-emperor Gratianus, 375-383; throne claimed by Magnus Maximus, 383 - 388, usurper)
- Theodosius I (379 - 395)
Western Empire
- Honorius (395 - 423) (throne claimed byConstantine III, 409 - 411, and Constantius III, 421)
- Valentinian III (425 - 455)
- Petronius Maximus (455)
- Avitus (456 - 457)
- Majorian (457 - 461)
- Libius Severus (461) - 465)
- Anthemius (467 - 472)
- Olybrius (472)
- Glycerius (473 - 474)
- Julius Nepos - (474 - 475/480)
- Romulus Augustus (a.k.a. Romulus Augustulus) 'last' western emperor (475 - 476)
continuation: see list of Barbarian kings of Rome
Eastern Empire
- Arcadius (395 - 408)
- Theodosius II (408 - 450)
- Marcian (450 - 457)
- Leo I (457 - 474)
- Zeno - east (474 - 491)
continuation: see list of Byzantine Emperors
see also Julio-Claudian family tree
External link
There are good biographies of most Roman Emperors in De Imperatoribus Romanis.