Five Good Emperors

  • The ‘Five Good Emperors’ are considered to have been Rulers who governed wisely and were admired by the Roman People. The Five Good Emperors were all Heirs by Adoption.
  • The quote was made by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), who said that the moment that the Heirs to the Imperial Throne were by birth again after 180 CE, the Empire was ruined.

The Five Good Emperors of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty (96-192 CE)

  1. Nerva (96-98 CE)
  2. Trajan (98-117 CE)
  3. Hadrian (117-138 CE)
  4. Antoninus Pius (138-161 CE)
  5. Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE)

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