CERTAMEN ROMAN EMPERORS

Augustus

starts the Julio-Claudian dynasty, first emperor of Rome, known for Pax Romana, adoptive child of Julius Caesar

Tiberius

stepson of Augustus, conquered Germania, suspicious of senate

Caligula

great grandson of Augustus, “little boots”, scandalous personal life, constructs aqueducts, tried to make a horse a consul, assassinated

Claudius

first Roman emperor born outside Italy, started conquest of Britannia, Julio-Claudian

Nero

final Julio Claudian emperor, known for being tyrannical, potential murderer, Great fire of Rome, dies by suicide

Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian

all the emperors during the Year of the 4 Emperors; Vespasian begins Flavian dynasty

Titus

destruction within Jerusalem, begins Flavian dynasty, completes Colosseum

Domitian

last Flavian emperor, assassinated by senate

Nerva

begins 5 good emperors, dies real quick

Trajan

second of the 5 Good Emperors, constructs Trajan’s forum, alimenta welfare program

Hadrian

5 good emperors, rebuilds Pantheon, obtains Assyrian and Mesopotamian territory

Marcus Aurelius

last emperor of the Pax Romana, stoic philosopher, persecution of Christians increases

Septimius Sever

begins Severan dynasty

Diocletian

creates the largest bureaucracy ever in the Roman empire, very bloody persecution of Christianity, creates Tetrarchy which fails

Constantine

rules over all of Rome as a Christian empire, his father was a former member of the tetrarchy