CONCISE LIST OF ROMAN EMPERORS

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This is the short overview of 'Roman Emperors': for more detail and explanation, see: list of Roman Emperors and Roman Emperor.

Contents

The Principate

Eastern Roman Empire

See also

External links

The Principate

===Julio-Claudian dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
16 January 27 BC to 19 August AD 14	'Augustus'
19 August 14 to 16 March 37	'Tiberius'
18 March 37 to 24 January 41	Gaius 'Caligula'	Assassinated
24 January 41 to 13 October 54	'Claudius'	Assassinated by poisoning
October 54 to 11 June 68	'Nero'	Committed suicide

===Year of the Four Emperors===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
8 June 68 to 15 January 69	'Galba'	Murdered by Otho
15 January 69 to 16 April 69	'Otho'	Committed suicide
2 January 69 to 20 December 69	'Vitellius'	Murdered in the Forum

===Flavian dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
1 July 69 to 24 June 79	'Vespasian'	70: Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriae co-emperor; ''see:'' Year of the four emperors
24 June 79 to 13 September 81	'Titus'
14 September 81 to 18 September 96	'Domitian'	Assassinated

===Nervo-Trajanic Dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
18 September 96 to 27 January 98	'Nerva'
28 January 98 to 7 August 117	'Trajan'
11 August 117 to 10 July 138	'Hadrian'

===Antonines===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
10 July 138 to 7 March 161	'Antoninus Pius'
7 March 161 to 17 March 180	'Marcus Aurelius'
7 March 161 to March 169	'Lucius Verus'	Co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius
175 to 175	''Avidius Cassius''	Usurper; proclaimed emperor: ruled in Egypt and Syria; murdered by a centurion
177 to 31 December 192	'Commodus'	Murdered: strangled by a wrestler

===Severan dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
1 January 193 to 28 March 193	'Pertinax'	recognized as emperor by Septimius Severus; murdered by soldiers on the Palatine
28 March 193 to 1 June 193	'Didius Julianus'	Sentenced to death by the Senate; murdered on the Palatine
9 April 193 to 4 February 211	'Septimius Severus'
193 to 194/195	''Pescennius Niger''	Claimant: emperor in Syria
193/195 to 197	''Clodius Albinus''	Claimant: emperor in Britain
198 to 8 April 217	'Caracalla'
209 to 4 February 211	'Geta'	Murdered by Caracalla
11 April 217 to June 218	'Macrinus'	Executed
May 217 to June 218	'Diadumenian'	Executed
June 218 to 222	'Elagabalus'	Assassinated
13 March 222 to ''?''March 235	'Alexander Severus'	Pontifex Maximus Assassinated

===Rulers during the Crisis of the Third Century===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
February/March 235 to March/April 238	'Maximinus Thrax'	Murdered by troops
''early''January/March 238 to ''late''January/April 238	'Gordian I'	Committed suicide
''early''January March 238 to ''late''January/April 238	'Gordian II'	Killed in battle
''early''February 238 to ''early''May 238	'Pupienus'	Murdered by the Praetorians
''early''February 238 to ''early''May 238	'Balbinus'	Murdered by the Praetorians
May 238 to February 244	'Gordian III'	Murdered
240 to 240	''Sabinianus''	Proclaimed himself emperor; defeated in battle
February 244 to September/October 249	'Philip the Arab'	Killed in battle by Decius
248	''Pacatianus''	Proclaimed himself emperor; murdered by his own soldiers
248 to 249	''Iotapianus''	Claimant
248	''Silbannacus''	Usurper
249 to June 251	'Decius'	Killed in battle
249 to 252	''Priscus''	Proclaimed himself emperor in the Eastern provinces
250 to 250	''Licinianus''	Claimant
''early''251 to 1 July 251	'Herennius Etruscus'	Killed in battle
251	'Hostilian'	Died of the plague
June 251 to August 253	'Gallus'	Murdered by his own soldiers
July 251 to August 253	'Volusianus'	Murdered by his own soldiers
August 253 to October 253	'Aemilian'	Murdered by his own soldiers
253 to June 260	'Valerian I'	Co-emperor with Gallienus; captured by Persians: died in captivity
253 to September 268	'Gallienus'	Co-emperor with Valerian 253 to 260; murdered
260	'Saloninus'	Co-emperor with Gallienus; murdered
258 or June 260	''Ingenuus''	Proclaimed himself emperor
260	''Regalianus''	Proclaimed emperor
260 to 261	''Macrianus Major''	Proclaimed emperor; defeated and killed in battle
260 to 261	''Macrianus Minor''	Proclaimed emperor; defeated and killed in battle
260 to 261	''Quietus''	Claimant
261 to 261 or 262	''Mussius Aemilianus''	Proclaimed emperor
268 to 268	''Aureolus''	Proclaimed himself emperor; surrendered to Claudius II Gothicus

Gallic Empire 260 to 274

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
260 to 268	'Postumus'
269 to 269	''Laelianus''	Proclaimed himself emperor of the Gallic Empire
269 to 269	'Marius'
269 to 271	'Victorinus'
270 to 271	''Domitianus''	Proclaimed himself emperor of the Gallic Empire
271 to 274	'Tetricus I'

Illyrian Emperors

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
268 to August 270	'Claudius II Gothicus'	Died of plague
August 270 to September 270	'Quintillus'	Co-emperor with Aurelian; committed suicide
August 270 to 275	'Aurelian'	Co-emperor with Quintillus; murdered by the Praetorian Guard
271 to 271	''Septimius''	Proclaimed emperor in Dalmatia; killed by his own soldiers
November/December 275 to July 276	'Tacitus'	Murdered
July 276 to September 276	'Florianus'	Murdered
July 276 to ''late''September 282	'Probus'	Murdered by his own soldiers
280	''Saturninus''	Claimant: forced by his soldiers; proclaimed himself emperor; killed by his soldiers
280	''Proculus''	Claimant: acceding to the request of the people of Lugdunum; killed by Probus
280	''Bonosus''	Proclaimed himself emperor; defeated by Probus and committed suicide
September 282 to July/August 283	'Carus'
spring 283 to summer 285	'Carinus'	Co-emperor with Numerian; Murdered
July/August 283 to November 284	'Numerian'	Co-emperor with Carinus

Britannic Empire 286 to 297

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
286 to 293	'Carausius'
293 to 297	'Allectus'

==Dominate

=Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
20 November 284 to 1 May 305	'Diocletian'	Co-emperor with Maximian; Abdicated
1 April 286 to 1 May 305	'Maximian'	Co-emperor with Diocletian; forced to abdicate
1 May 305 to 25 July 306	'Constantius I Chlorus'	Co-emperor with Galerius
1 May 305 to May 311	'Galerius'	Co-emperor with Constantius I Chlorus and then Severus II
August 306 to 16 September 307	'Severus II'	Co-emperor with Galerius
307 to 308	'Maximian'	Abdicated
28 October 306 to 28 October 312	'Maxentius'	Defeated in battle by Constantine I
''de jure:'' 307, ''de facto'' 312 to 22 May 337	'Constantine I'	Converted to Christianity
308	''Domitius Alexander''	Proclaimed himself emperor
11 November 308 to 18 September 324	'Licinius'	Co-emperor; abdicated; (executed early 325)
1 May 310 to July/August 313	'Maximinus Daia'	Co-emperor; committed suicide
December 316 to 1 March 317	'Valerius Valens'	Co-emperor with Licinius; (executed by Constantine I)
July to 18 September 324	'Martinianus'	Co-emperor with Licinius; abdicated; (executed early 325)
337 to 340	'Constantine II'	Co-emperor; killed in battle
337 to 361	'Constantius II'	Co-emperor
337 to 350	'Constans I'	Co-emperor; killed by Magnentius
January 350 to 11 August 353	''Magnentius''	Usurper; committed suicide
''c.'' 350	''Vetranio''	Proclaimed himself emperor against Magnentius; recognized by Constantius II, abdicated
''c.'' 350	''Nepotianus''	Proclaimed himself emperor against Magnentius, executed
November 361 to June 363	'Julian'	Killed in battle
363 to 17 February 364	'Jovian'	Died accidentally

===Valentinian dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
26 February 364 to 17 November 375	'Valentinian I'	Emperor in the west
28 March 365 to 9 August 378	'Valens'	Emperor in the east
September 365 to 27 May 366	''Procopius''	Usurper; executed by Valens
24 August 367 to 383	'Gratian'	Assassinated
375 to 392	'Valentinian II'	Deposed; died in suspicious circumstances
383 to 388	'Magnus Maximus'	Rival in the west; once recognized by Theodosius I, then deposed and executed
''c.''386 to 388	''Flavius Victor''	Son of Magnus Maximus, murdered on order of Theodosius I
392 to 394	''Eugenius''	Usurper in the west; killed in battle

===Theodosian dynasty===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
388 to 17 January 395	'Theodosius I the Great'	Co-emperor; emperor in the east from 379
383 to January 395	'Arcadius'	Becoming emperor in the east January 395
23 January 393 to 395	'Honorius'	Becoming emperor in the west

===Western Empire===

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
395 to 15 August 423	'Honorius'	Co-emperor with Constantius III (421)
407 to 411	''Constantine III''	Claimant
409 to 411	''Constans II''	Claimant, co-ruler with Constantine III
409 to 410	''Priscus Attalus''	Claimant
409 to 411	''Maximus''	Claimant in Spain
411 to 413	''Jovinus''	Claimant
412 to 413	''Sebastianus''	Claimant, co-ruler with Jovinus
414 to 415	''Priscus Attalus''	Claimant
421 to 421	'Constantius III'	Co-emperor with Honorius
423 to 425	''Joannes''	Claimant
425 to 16 March 455	'Valentinian III'
17 March 455 to 31 May 455	'Petronius Maximus'
June 455 to 17 October 456	'Avitus'
457 to 2 August 461	'Majorian'	Abdicated & murdered
461 to 465	'Libius Severus'
12 April 467 to 11 July 472	'Anthemius'	Executed
July 472 to 2 November 472	'Olybrius'
5 March 473 to June 474	'Glycerius'	Abdicated
June 474 to 25 April 480	'Julius Nepos'	Emperor in the West until 475, deposed by Orestes; fled; From 476 recognised by Odoacer; murdered 480
31 October 475 to 4 September 476	'Romulus Augustus' (Romulus Augustulus)	Deposed by Odoacer; fate unknown

Eastern Roman Empire

Reign	Incumbent	Notes
395 to 408	'Arcadius'
408 to 450	'Theodosius II'
450 to 457	'Marcian'
457 to 474	'Leo I'
474 to 474	'Leo II'
474 to 491	'Zeno'
475 to 476	'Basiliscus'

See also

★ For a continuation of rulers in the Eastern Roman Empire, list of Byzantine Emperors

★ Gallic Empire

★ Roman usurper

External links

★ There are good biographies of most of the Roman Emperors in ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''.

★ The complete list of the Roman Empire Emperors