Roman Emperor by date

The Principate or Early Roman Empire (27 BCE – 284 CE)

Julio-Claudian Dynasty

Year of the Four Emperors: (68-9 CE)

Flavian Dynasty: (69-96 CE)

Five Good Emperors: the Nervo-Trajanic Dynasty Dynasty: (96-180 CE)

  • Nerva (96-98 CE)
  • Trajan (98-117 CE)
    • Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to its greatest extent and is considered to be The Greatest Roman Emperor.
  • Hadrian (117-38 CE)

The Antonine Dynasty: (138-93 CE)

Year of the Five Emperors: (193 CE)

Severan Dynasty: (193-235 CE)

Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 CE)

Year of the Six Emperors: (238 CE)

 The Empire breaks up: (260-297 CE)

Soldier Emperors:

The Dominate or Late Roman Empire (284-476 CE)

  • Diocletian (284-305 CE)
    • The Tetrarchy (293 – 305 CE) or ‘Rule of the Four’.
    • Diocletian is considered to have saved the Roman Empire.

The Western Roman Empire: Capital is Milan

The Eastern Roman Empire: Capital is Nicomedia.

Constantine Dynasty (324-364 CE): East and West are Reunited

The Empire is again divided into East and West: (364-395 CE)

The West:

Valentinian Dynasty Theodosian Dynasty
  • Theodosius I (394-95 CE)
    • Theodosius made Christianity the State Religion and abolished all the other Religions.

The East:

The Permanent Division of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire (395 CE)

The Western Roman Empire: (395-476 CE)

The Eastern Roman Empire: (395-1453 CE)

Theodosian Dynasty Leonid Dynasty Justinian Dynasty

Usurper

  • Phocas (23 Nov 602 – 5 Oct 610 CE)

Heraclian Dynasty

  • Heraclius (5 Oct 610 – 11 Feb 641 CE)
    • Heraclius lost Syria, the Levant and Egypt to the Arab Armies between 629-641 CE.
    • He changed the official language of the Empire from Latin to Greek in 610 CE.
    • He changed the Title of ‘Augustus’ to ‘Basileus’ in 629 CE.
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