| 27BC |
14 |
Caesar Augustus |
first Emperor, died of natural causes
|
| 14 |
37 |
Tiberius |
smothered after he emerged from a coma
|
| 37 |
41 |
Caligula |
assassinated by the Praetorian Guard
|
| 41 |
54 |
Claudius |
poisoned
|
| 54 |
68 |
Nero |
committed suicide
|
| 68 |
69 |
Galba |
killed by his successor
|
| 69 |
69 |
Otho |
suicide after defeat in battle
|
| 69 |
69 |
Vitellius |
murdered by his own soldiers in Rome
|
| 69 |
79 |
Vespasian |
died after an illness
|
| 79 |
81 |
Titus |
died from a fever
|
| 81 |
96 |
Domitian |
stabbed repeatedly by Stephanus
|
| 96 |
98 |
Nerva |
elderly and mostly innocuous ruler
|
| 98 |
117 |
Trajan |
died during a bout of dropsy
|
| 117 |
138 |
Hadrian |
died after a long, painful illness
|
| 138 |
161 |
Antoninus Pius |
died from a fever
|
| 161 |
180 |
Marcus Aurelius |
co-emperor with Lucius Verus
|
| 161 |
169 |
Lucius Verus |
co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius
|
| 180 |
192 |
Commodus |
strangled by wrestler Narcissus
|
| 193 |
193 |
Pertinax |
killed by unpaid soldiers
|
| 193 |
193 |
Didius Julianus |
bought the throne by auction
|
| 193 |
211 |
Septimius Severus |
died at York, Britain
|
| 193 |
195 |
Pescennius Niger
|
|
| 195 |
197 |
Clodius Albinus
|
|
| 211 |
217 |
Caracalla |
assassinated
|
| 211 |
211 |
Geta
|
|
| 217 |
218 |
Macrinus
|
|
| 218 |
222 |
Elagabalus |
murder or intrigue
|
| 222 |
235 |
Severus Alexander
|
|
| 235 |
238 |
Maximinus |
murdered at Aquileia with his son
|
| 238 |
238 |
Gordian I
|
|
| 238 |
238 |
Gordian II
|
|
| 238 |
238 |
Balbinus
|
|
| 238 |
238 |
Pupienus
|
|
| 238 |
244 |
Gordian III
|
|
| 244 |
249 |
Philip the Arab |
aka Philip I, killed in battle
|
| 249 |
251 |
Decius |
killed in battle
|
| 251 |
253 |
Trebonianus Gallus
|
|
| 253 |
253 |
Aemilian
|
|
| 253 |
260 |
Valerian
|
|
| 253 |
268 |
Gallienus
|
|
| 260 |
268 |
Postumus
|
|
| 269 |
269 |
Laelianus
|
|
| 269 |
269 |
Marius
|
|
| 269 |
271 |
Victorinus
|
|
| 271 |
274 |
Tetricus
|
|
| 268 |
270 |
Claudius II Gothicus
|
|
| 270 |
270 |
Quintillus
|
|
| 270 |
275 |
Aurelian |
assassinated en route to Byzantium
|
| 275 |
276 |
Tacitus |
war or mutiny
|
| 276 |
276 |
Florianus
|
|
| 276 |
282 |
Probus
|
|
| 282 |
283 |
Carus |
killed during Persian war, probably murder
|
| 283 |
285 |
Carinus |
assassinated
|
| 283 |
284 |
Numerianus
|
|
| 284 |
305 |
Diocletian |
retire from office, with Maximian
|
| 286 |
305 |
Maximian |
co-Emperor, forced to retire by Diocletian
|
| 286 |
293 |
Carausius
|
|
| 293 |
297 |
Allectus
|
|
| 305 |
306 |
Constantius I Chlorus
|
|
| 305 |
311 |
Galerius
|
|
| 306 |
307 |
Severus II
|
|
| 306 |
312 |
Maxentius |
drowned in the Tiber
|
| 306 |
337 |
Constantine the Great
|
|
| 308 |
324 |
Licinius
|
|
| 337 |
340 |
Constantine II
|
|
| 337 |
361 |
Constantius II
|
|
| 337 |
350 |
Constans I
|
|
| 350 |
353 |
Magnentius
|
|
| 361 |
363 |
Julian the Apostate
|
|
| 363 |
364 |
Jovian |
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