On these pages, you will find the names, regnal dates, and portraits of the emperors of the Roman Empire, with links to more information.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
- 13 July 100 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar
- 10 January 49: rebelled against the Senate
- 9 August 48: sole ruler
- 15 March 44: murdered by senators
Biography by Suetonius
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Augustus
Augustus
- 23 September 63 BCE: Gaius Octavius
- 8 May 44: Gaius Julius Caesarnote[Historians often call him Octavianus, a title he never used.]
- November 40: Imperator Caesar Divi filius
- 2 September 31 BCE: sole ruler
- 16 January 27: Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus
- 19 August 14 CE: natural death
Biography by Suetonius
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Tiberius
Tiberius
- 16 November 42 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero
- 19 August 14 CE: Imperator Tiberius Caesar Augustus
- 16 March 37: natural death
Biography by Suetonius
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Caligula
Caligula
- 31 August 12 CE: Gaius Caesar Germanicus
- Summer 14: nickname Caligula ("soldier's boot")
- 18 March 37: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 24 January 41: murdered by soldiers
Biography by Suetonius
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Claudius
Claudius
- 1 August 10 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus
25 January 41: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
13 October 54: poisoned
Refused title: Britannicus (43)
Biography by Suetonius
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Nero
Nero
- 15 December 37: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
- 25 February 50: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus
- 13 October 54: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- September (?) 66: Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
- 9 June 68: suicide
Biography by Suetonius
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Galba
Galba
- 24 December 3 BCE: Servius Sulpicius Galba
- 8 June 68: Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus
- 15 June 69: lynched by soldiers
Biography by Suetonius
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Vitellius
Vitellius
- 7 September 12 (?): Aulus Vitellius
- 2 January 69: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator
- 18 July 69: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus
- 20 December 69: lynched by soldiers
Nickname: Spintria
Biography by Suetonius
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Otho
Otho
- 28 April 32: Marcus Salvius Otho
- 15 January 69: Imperator Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus (Nero?)
- 16 April 69: suicide
Biography by Suetonius
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Vespasian
Vespasian
- 17 November 9: Titus Flavius Vespasianus
- 1 July 69: Imperator Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar
- 23 June 79: natural death
Biography by Suetonius
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Julius Sabinus
- Year of birth unknown
- Spring 70: Emperor of the 'Gallic empire'
- Summer 70: into hiding
- 79: executed
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Titus
Titus
- 30 December 39: Titus Flavius Vespasianus
- July 69: Titus Caesar Vespasianus
- 2 September 70: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus
- 24 June 79: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
- 13 September 81: natural death
Biography by Suetonius
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Domitian
Domitian
- 24 October 51: Titus Flavius Domitianus
- 14 September 81: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus
- 83: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Germanicus Augustus
- 18 September 96: murdered by courtiers
Biography by Suetonius
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Nerva
Nerva
- 30 November 30: Marcus Cocceius Nerva
- 18 September 96: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus
- 97: Imperator Nerva Germanicus Caesar Augustus
- 27 (?) January 98: natural death
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Trajan
Trajan
- 18 September 53: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus Crinitus
- October 97: Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus
- 28 January 98: Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus
- Germanicus (97), Dacicus (102), Optimus (114), Parthicus (116)
- 7 August 117: natural death
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Literature
Dietmar Kienast, Römische Kaisertabelle. Grundzüge einer römischen Kaiserchronologie (1990 Darmstadt)