Emperors of the Roman Empire

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The Julio Claudian Dynasty

• Agrippina the Elder [14 BC - AD 33]
• Augustus [31 BC - AD 14]
• Tiberius [AD 14 - AD 37]
• Agrippina the Younger [AD 15 - AD 59]
• Caligula [AD 37 - AD 41]
• Claudius [AD 41 - AD 54]
• Antonia Minor [AD 41 - AD 54]
• Nero [AD 54 - AD 68]

Civil War Emperors

• Galba [AD 68 - AD 69]
• Otho [AD 69]
• Vitellius [AD 69]

The Flavians

• Domitilla the Elder [AD 39 - AD 69]
• Vespasian [AD 69 - AD 79]
• Titus [AD 79 - AD 81]
• Julia Flavia [AD 79 - AD 89]
• Domitian [AD 81 - AD 96]
• Domitia Longina [AD 81 - AD 96]

The Adoptive Emperors

• Ulpia Marciana [AD 112 - AD 113]
• Salonina Matidia [AD 112 - AD 120]
• Pompeia Plotina [AD 112 - AD 117]
• Hadrian [AD 117 - AD 138]
• Vibia Sabina [AD 128 - AD 137]
• Lucius Aelius [AD 136 - AD 138]
• Nerva [AD 96 - AD 98]
• Trajan [AD 98 - AD 117]

The Antonines

• Antoninus Pius [AD 138 - AD 161]
• Faustina the Elder [AD 138 - AD 161]
• Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar) [AD 139 - AD 180]
• Faustina the Younger [AD 147 - AD 175]
• Lucius Verus [AD 161 - AD 169]
• Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus) [AD 161 - AD 180]
• Lucilla [AD 164 - AD 169]
• Commodus [AD 175 - AD 192]
• Bruttia Crispina [AD 178 - AD 187]

The Emperors of 193 AD

• Pertinax [AD 193 - ]
• Didius Julianus [AD 193 - ]
• Clodius Albinus [AD 193 - AD 197]
• Didia Clara [AD 193 - AD 193]
• Manlia Scantilla [AD 193 - AD 193]
• Pescennius Niger [AD 193 - AD 194]

The Severans

• Septimius Severus [AD 193 - AD 211]
• Julia Domna [AD 193 - AD 217]
• Caracalla [AD 198 - AD 217]
• Fulvia Plautilla [AD 202 - AD 205]
• Publius Septimius Geta [AD 209 - AD 212]
• Macrinus [AD 217 - AD 218]
• Diadumenian [AD 217 - AD 218]
• Elagabalus [AD 218 - AD 222]
• Julia Soaemias [AD 218 - AD 222]
• Julia Maesa [AD 218 - AD 222]
• Annia Faustina [AD 220 - AD 221]
• Julia Avita Mamaea [AD 221 - AD 235]
• Alexander Severus [AD 222 - AD 235]
• Sallustia Orbiana [AD 225 - AD 227]

Third Century Emperors

• Maximinus Thrax [AD 235 - AD 238]
• Paulina [AD 235 - AD 238]
• Balbinus [AD 238 - AD 238]
• Pupienus [AD 238 - AD 238]
• Gordian I [AD 238 - AD 238]
• Gordian II [AD 238 - AD 238]
• Gordian III [AD 238 - AD 244]
• Tranquillina [AD 241 - AD 244]
• Silbannacus [AD 244 - AD 249]
• Philip the Arab [AD 244 - AD 249]
• Marcia Otacilia Severa [AD 245 - AD 249]
• Philip II [AD 247 - AD 249]
• Pacatianus [AD 248 - AD 249]
• Jotapianus [AD 248 - AD 249]
• Herennia Etruscilla [AD 249 - AD 251]
• Cornelia Supera [AD 249 - AD 249]
• Decius [AD 249 - AD 251]
• Herennius Etruscus [AD 250 - AD 251]
• Hostilian [AD 251 - AD 251]
• Trebonianus Gallus [AD 251 - AD 253]
• Volusianus [AD 251 - AD 253]
• Mariniana [AD 253 - AD 260]
• Cornelia Salonina [AD 253 - AD 268]
• Valerian (emperor) [AD 253 - AD 260]
• Gallienus (Joint reign) [AD 253 - AD 260]
• Aemilianus [AD 253 - AD 253]
• Valerian II [AD 256 - AD 258]
• Saloninus [AD 258 - AD 260]
• Gallienus (sole reign) [AD 260 - AD 268]
• Regalianus [AD 260 - AD 260]
• Quietus [AD 260 - AD 261]
• Macrianus Major [AD 260 - AD 261]
• Claudius Gothicus [AD 268 - AD 270]
• Aurelian [AD 270 - AD 275]
• Quintillus [AD 270 - AD 270]
• Ulpia Severina [AD 270 - AD 275]
• Vaballathus [AD 271 - AD 272]
• Tacitus [AD 275 - AD 276]
• Florianus [AD 276 - AD 276]
• Probus [AD 276 - AD 282]
• Numerian [AD 282 - AD 284]
• Carus [AD 282 - AD 283]
• Nigrinian [AD 283 - AD 285]
• Magnia Urbica [AD 283 - AD 285]
• Carinus [AD 283 - AD 285]
• Julian (of Pannonia) [AD 284 - AD 285]

The Gallic Empire

• Postumus [AD 260 - AD 269]
• Laelianus [AD 269 - AD 269]
• Victorinus [AD 269 - AD 271]
• Marcus Aurelius Marius [AD 269 - AD 269]
• Tetricus I [AD 271 - AD 274]
• Domitianus II (usurper) [AD 271 - AD 271]
• Tetricus II [AD 272 - AD 274]

Brittanic Empire

• Carausius [AD 286 - AD 293]
• Allectus [AD 293 - AD 296]

The Tetrarchy

• Diocletian [AD 284 - AD 305]
• Maximian [AD 286 - AD 310]
• Constantius Chlorus [AD 293 - AD 306]
• Galerius [AD 293 - AD 311]
• Maximinus Daia [AD 305 - AD 313]
• Severus [AD 305 - AD 307]
• Maxentius [AD 306 - AD 312]
• Galeria Valeria [AD 308 - AD 311]
• Licinius [AD 308 - AD 324]
• Valerius Romulus [AD 309 - AD 309]
• Licinius II [AD 317 - AD 324]
• Sextus Martinianus [AD 324 - AD 324]

The House of Constantine

• Constantine I [AD 306 - AD 337]
• Crispus [AD 317 - AD 326]
• Constantine II (emperor) [AD 317 - AD 340]
• Constantius II [AD 323 - AD 361]
• Fausta [AD 324 - AD 328]
• Helena (Empress) [AD 324 - AD 341]
• Constans [AD 333 - AD 350]
• Dalmatius [AD 335 - AD 337]
• Hannibalianus [AD 335 - AD 337]
• Theodora [AD 337 - AD 341]
• Decentius [AD 350 - AD 353]
• Magnentius [AD 350 - AD 353]
• Nepotianus [AD 350 - AD 350]
• Vetranio [AD 350 - AD 350]
• Constantius Gallus [AD 351 - AD 354]
• Julian the Apostate [AD 355 - AD 363]
• Jovianus [AD 363 - AD 364]

House of Valentinian (AD 364 - AD 378)

• Procopius [AD 360 - AD 365]
• Valens [AD 364 - AD 378]
• Valentinian I [AD 364 - AD 375]
• Gratian [AD 367 - AD 383]
• Valentinian II [AD 375 - AD 392]

House of Theodosius (AD 378 - AD 402)

• Theodosius I [AD 379 - AD 395]
• Arcadius [AD 383 - AD 408]
• Magnus Maximus [AD 383 - AD 388]
• Aelia Flaccilla [AD 386 - AD 386]
• Flavius Victor [AD 387 - AD 388]
• Eugenius [AD 392 - AD 394]
• Honorius (emperor) [AD 393 - AD 423]

4th Century Emperors

• Theodosius II [AD 402 - AD 450]
• Constantine III (western emperor) [AD 407 - AD 411]
• Priscus Attalus [AD 409 - AD 410]
• Jovinus [AD 411 - AD 413]
• Johannes [AD 423 - AD 425]
• Valentinian III [AD 425 - AD 455]