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      • The group are: Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian (d. 96 AD).
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  2. Jun 30, 2019 · Updated on June 30, 2019. Most of the first 12 emperors of the Roman Empire fall into two dynasties: the five Julio-Claudians (27 BCE–68 CE, including Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero) and the three Flavians (69–79 CE, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian). Others on the list provided to us by the Roman historian Gaius Suetonius ...

  3. List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] [2] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles ...

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    Name
    Reign
    Succession
    Maximinus I "Thrax" Gaius Julius Verus ...
    c. March 235 – c. June 238 [k] (3 years ...
    Proclaimed emperor by Germanic legions ...
    c. 172–180 – c. June 238 (aged approx.
    Gordian I Marcus Antonius Gordianus ...
    c. April – c. May 238 (22 days)
    Proclaimed emperor alongside his son, ...
    c. 158 (?) – c. May 238 (aged approx. 80) ...
    Gordian II Marcus Antonius Gordianus ...
    c. April – c. May 238 (22 days)
    Proclaimed emperor alongside his father ...
    c. 192 – c. May 238 (aged approx. 46) The ...
    Pupienus Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus
    c. May – c. August 238 (99 days)
    Proclaimed emperor jointly with Balbinus ...
    c. 164 – c. August 238 (aged approx. 74) ...
  4. AD 121. De vita Caesarum ( Latin; lit. "About the Life of the Caesars"), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The group are: Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho ...

    • De vita Caesarum .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}(lit. ‘On the Life of the Caesars’)
    • Suetonius
  5. Apr 30, 2018 · Roman Emperors ruled the Roman Empire starting with Augustus in 27 BCE and continuing in the West until the late 5th century CE and in the Eastern Roman Empire up to the mid-15th century CE. The emperors took titles such as Caesar and Imperator but it was their command of the army which allowed them to keep the throne.

    • Donald L. Wasson
  6. The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. [2] The term "emperor" is a modern convention, and did not exist as such during the Empire. Often when a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it reflects his taking of the ...

    • 17 January 395 AD (unified), 9 April 480 AD (Western), 29 May 1453 (Eastern)
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    • 16 January 27 BC
  7. Nov 22, 2017 · Wikimedia Commons. Suetonius’s work describes the lives of Rome’s first 12 leaders from Julius Caesar to Domitian - hence it is best known today as The Twelve Caesars. This is the title it...

  8. Feb 17, 2023 · Roman. Everything you wanted to know about the Roman emperors. How many emperors were there? What powers did they have? And were they as outrageous and scandalous as we think? Shushma Malik answers the key questions about the Roman emperors. Dr Shushma Malik. Published: February 17, 2023 at 11:21 AM. Who was the first Roman emperor?

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