List Of Roman Emperors

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Titles and honors

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Series Ancient Rome

This article presents a list of Roman emperors from Augustus to the deposition of Romulus Augustus.

The Latin word imperator , from which derives "emperor", not "originally a military-grade (that of a victorious general) among all the titles and powers accumulated by Augustus. To designate the emperor, the Romans used the words instead of "Caesar", "Augustus", because they considered all the emperors as if attached by blood, at least in a sort of adoptive relationship, family of Caesar (the first emperors were actually his family). The name of the emperor after his accession is Imperator for the majority of Roman rulers, the nomen and cognomen varying with the owners (see Latin Epigraphy ).

Contrary to what one might think, Julius Caesar is not part of the canonical list of Roman Emperors ^{Emperors until the final separation of the Empire}

Roman Empire

Simplified chronology of Roman emperors (Augustus to Commodus).

The crisis of the ^third century

Late Empire

Simplified chronology of Roman emperors (Pertinax to Theodosius).

Theodosius ^I was the last emperor to actually run the whole of the Roman Empire. His successors were his son Arcadius charge of the East, the future " Byzantine Empire , which lasted until 1453 , and Honorius in charge of the West, called the Western Roman Empire , which collapsed in ^the fifth century.

Emperors of the West after 395

Simplified chronology of the Roman emperors after 395 in the West.

The Western Roman Empire disappeared in 476 when its last emperor, Romulus Augustus , was introduced by Odoacer. Julius Nepos is itself the last legitimate emperor recognized by the eastern emperor and acknowledged by the kings of peoples Federated (Franks, Visigoths, Burgundians ....) until his death in 480.

However, around AD 500, following his victory over the Ostrogoths, the Frankish king Clovis ^I was given the title of Roman consul by the emperor of the East. He then took the opportunity to take the title of Augustus.

Emperors of the East after 395

The Eastern Roman Empire , also known as "Byzantine Empire" from the Middle Ages , disappeared in 1453 during the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans.

See also

Middle mnemonic

There is a way mnemonic to remember the list the first 12 Roman emperors (Caesar included even if it is not). It consists of a "simple sentence" to remember that each syllable is the beginning of the name of an emperor:

Csautica, Claungalo, Vivestido

Or, if you separate the syllables, the, to, ti, ca, clau, born gal, o, vi, jac, ti, do (these, Caesar to Augustus, ti, Tiberius, AC, Caligula; clau, Claude, born, Nero gal, Galba o, Otho, vi, Vitellius ves, Vespasian, ti, Titus C, Domitian)

We can extend this statement to other emperors. For example: Csautica, Claungalo, Vivestido, Netrajhadan, Marcosepca until Caracalla.

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List of Roman Emperors of the West and East
Principate -27 To 235	Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claude Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius Marcus Aurelius (with Lucius Verus ) Dresser Pertinax Didius Julianus Septimius Severus Caracalla Geta Macrinus (with Diadumnien ) Elagabalus Severus Alexander
a href = "% C3% Crise_du_troisi A8me_si% C3% A8cle" title = "Crisis of the Third Century"> Third Century Crisis 235-284	Maximin the Thracian I. Gordian and Gordian II Maxime Pupien and Balbin Gordian III Philip the Arab Decius (with Herennius Etruscus ) Hostilianus Trebonianus Galle (with Volusien ) Emilien Valerian Gallien (with Salonin ) Claudius the Goth Quintillus Aurlien Tacitus Florien Probus Carus Carin Numerian
Dominate 284-395	Diocletian Maximian Constantius Galerius Severus Maxence Maximin Daia Licinius (with Valerius Valens and Martinien ) Constantine I Constantine II Constant I. Constantius II (with Vetranio ) Julian the Apostate Jovian Valentinian I Valens Gratien Valentinian II Theodosius I
Western Roman Empire 395-480	Honorius Constantius III Jean Valentinian III Petronius Maximus Eparchus Avitus Majorian Libius Severus Anthemius Olybrius Glycerius Julius Nepos Romulus Augustus
Eastern Roman Empire 395-1204	Arcadius Theodosius II Marcian Leo I. Leo II Zeno Basiliscus Anastasius I. Justin I. Justinian I Justin II Tiberius II Constantine Maurice I. Phocas Heraclius Constantine III Hraclonas Constant II Constantine IV Justinian II Leonce II Tiberius III Philippicos Anastasius II Theodosius III Leo III Constantine V Artabasde Leo IV Constantine VI Irene the Athenian Nicephorus I Staurakios Michael I Rhangab Leo V the Armenian Michael II Theophilus Michael III Basil I. Leo VI the Wise Alexander Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus Roman I. Lecapenus Romanus II Nicephorus II Phocas John I Tzimiskes Basil II and Constantine VIII Zoe of Byzantium with Romain Argyre III and Michael IV and V Michel and Constantine IX Theodora Porphyrogenitus Michael VI Isaac I. Constantine X Romanus IV Diogenes Michael VII Doukas Nicephorus III Botaniates Alexios I Komnenos John II Comnenus Manuel I Komnenos Alexius II Comnenus Andronicus I Comnenus Isaac II Angelus Alexis III Ange Alexis Angel IV Nicolas Kanabos Alexius V Doukas Mourzuphles
Eastern Roman Empire divided 1204 to 1261	Empire of Nicaea Constantine Lascaris I. Theodore Lascaris John III Doukas Vatatzes Theodore II Lascaris John IV Lascaris Latin Empire of Constantinople Baudouin I. Henry I Peter II of Courtenay Robert Courtenay Jean de Brienne Baldwin II of Courtenay
Eastern Roman Empire restored 1261 to 1453	Michael VIII Palaeologus Andronicus II Palaeologus Michael IX Palaeologus Andronicus III Palaeologus John V Palaeologus John VI Cantacuzino Mathieu Cantacuzino Andronicus IV Palaeologus John VII Palaeologus Manuel II Palaeologus Andronicus V Palaeologus John VIII Palaeologus Constantine XI Palaeologus
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