Rome emperors

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SOME IMPORTANT ROMAN EMPERORS

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SOME IMPORTANT

ROMAN EMPERORS

1. Octavian/Augustus Caesar -41 yrs. & 8 months

• Introduced good government into the empire.

• Appointed honest and efficient officials

• Removed the corrupt and unworthy politicians from the senate.

• Improved the system of taxation• Built roads,aqueducts,and promote

agriculture and commerce.

2. Tiberius Caesar-Adopted son of Octavian-Assassinated by Caligula-22 yrs. & 6 months

• Military inertia and fair treatment of provincials

3. Caligula/Gaius Caesar-Tiberius’ great-nephew and adopted son and great-grandson of Octavian.-3 yrs. & 9 months-Assassinated in a conspiracy involving senators

• Introduced widespreadTerror and bankrupted

the treasury

4. Tiberius Claudius Nero-Nephew of Tiberius-Probably poisoned by his wife Agrippina the Younger, in favour of her son Nero-13 yrs. & 9 months

• Rebuilt the treasury• Encouraged senators to debate and

vote seriously• Built roads,aqueducts,construction

new harbor

5. Nero Claudius Caesar-Bad emperor,self-centered and no interest in the actual running of the government.-Committed suicide after being declared a public enemy by the Senate-nephew of Caligula, step- and adopted son ofClaudius; great-great-grandson of Augustus-13 yrs. & 8 months

• Gave the first imperial baths,built canals,constructed more cities

6. Marcus Salvius Otho-One of the good emperors- Committed suicide -3 months & 1 day

• Coinage of Otho

7. Vitellius-Lazy,self-indulgent,fond of eating and drinking and obese glutton-8 months- Murdered byVespasian’s troops

• Improved discpline in Rome

• Spanded offices of Rome

8. Vespacian-10 yrs

• He exempted all doctors and teacher of grammar and rhetoric from paying taxes

9. Titus Flavius Vespasianus-2 yrs & 3 months

• Constructed the Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum

• Constructed public bath-house• Inaugural games

10. Titus Flavius Domitianus-Son of Vespacian-15 yrs.- Assassinated by court officials

• Extended the seating capacity by adding another tier to the Colosseum

• Strengthened the economy by revaluing the Roman coinage

• Expandedthe border defences of the empire

• Initiated a massive building program to restore the damage city of Rome

11. Marcus Cocceius Nerva- Appointed by the senate-1 yr. & 4 months

• Built aqueducts• Worked on the trasport system• Built granaries to improve the

food supply

12. Trajan/Marcus Alpius Traianus-19 yrs & 7 months

• Built an artificial harbor at Ostia

13. Hadrian/Hadrianus Augustus-21 yrs.

• Hadrian Wall• Building projects,cities

(Hadrianopolis)

14. Antonius Pius/Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus Arrius Antonius-Clemency,dutifullness,intelligence and purity22 yrs. & 7 months

• Built theaters and temples• Provided trials for the accused and

guaranted the presumption of innocent

• Limited torture and bannedit for people under it

• Managed the Roman finances frugally ensuring its economic power

15. Marcus Aurelius- A Philosopher-19 yrs.- Adopted son and heir ofAntoninus Pius

• Philosophy (Meditations)

16. Commodus/Lucius Aurelius Commodus-15 yrs.- Natural son of Marcus Aurelius