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http://www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/subject/hd/fak7/hist/e2/c1/it/Emperors (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)

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A simple list of Roman Emperors This is not a comlete list. Among other omissions, there are many co-rulers not listed. For reference, here is a map of the Roman Empire (_Long's Classical Atlas,_ New York, 1867. Plate 4.). It shows the empire in 119 AD, when it was at its greatest extent. Ruled over the whole empire (more or less). Augustus 27 BC - 14 AD Tiberius 14 - 37 Caligula 37 - 41 Claudius 41 - 54 Nero 54 - 68 Galba 68 - 69 Otho 69 Vitellius 69 Vespasian 69 - 79 Titus 79 - 81 Domitian 81 - 96 Nerva 96 - 98 Trajan 98 - 117 Hadrian 117 - 138 Antoninus Pius 138 - 161 Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180 Lucius Verus 161 - 169 Commodus 177/180 - 192 Pertinax 193 Didius Julianus 193 Septimius Severus 193 - 211 Caracalla 198/212 - 217 Macrinus 217-218 Elagabulus 218 - 222 Severus Alexander 222 - 235 Maximinus 235 - 238 Gordian I and II 238 Balbinus and Pupienus 238 Gordian III 238 - 244 Philip the Arab 244 - 249 Decius 249 - 251 Gallus 251 - 253 Valerian 253 - 260 Gallienus 254 - 268 Claudius Gothicus 268 - 270 Aurelian 270 - 275 Tacitus 275 - 276 Probus 276 - 282 Carus, Carinus, Numerian 282 - 285 _From Diocletian to Constantine the Imperial office was shared. Not all Tetrarchs are listed._ Diocletian 284 - 305 Maximian 286 - 305 Constantius Chlorus 305 - 306 Galerius 305 - 311 Licinius 311 - 324 Constantine 307 - 337 Constans I 323 - 350 Constantine II Constantius II 324/337 - 361 Julian 361 - 363 Jovian 363 - 364 Valens 364 - 378 Theodosius 379 - 395 Ruled over the western half of the empire. Honorius 395 - 425 Valentinian III 425 - 455 Majorian 457 - 461 Romulus Augustulus 475 - 476 Julian Nepos 476 - 480 Ruled over the eastern half of the empire. Arcadius 395 - 408 Theodosius II 408 - 450 Marcian 450 - 457 Leo I 457 - 474 Leo II 474 Zeno 474 - 491 Anastasius 491 - 518 Justin 518 - 527 Justinian 527 - 565 Justin II 565 - 578 Tiberius II 578 - 582 Maurice 582 - 602 Phocas 602 - 610 Constantine III 641 Heraclius 610 - 641 Heracleonas 641 Constans II 641 - 648 Constantine IV 668 - 685 Justinian II 685 - 695 Leontius 695 - 698 Tiberius III 698 - 705 Justinian II 705 - 711 Bardanes 711 - 713 Anastasius II 713 - 716 Theodosius III 716 - 717 Leo III 717 - 741 Constantine V 741 - 775 Leo IV 775 - 780 Constantine VI 780 - 797 Irene 797 - 802 Nicephorus 802 - 811 Stauracus 811 Michael I 811 - 813 Leo V 813 - 820 Michael II 842 - 867 Theophilus 829 - 842 Michael III 842 - 867 Basil I 867 - 886 Leo VI 886 - 912 Alexander 886 - 913 Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus 912 - 959 Romanus I 919 - 944 Romanus II 959 - 963 Basil II 963 - 1025 Constantine VIII 963 - 1028 Nicephorus II 963 - 969 John I Tzimisces 969 - 976 Romanus III 1028 - 1034 Michael IV 1034 - 1041 Michael V 1041 - 1042 Zoe, Theodora 1042 Constanine IX Monomachus 1042 - 1055 Theodora 1055 - 1056 Michael Stratioticus 1056 - 1057 Isaac I Comnenus 1057 - 1059 Constantine X Ducas 1059 - 1067 Romanus IV Diogenes 1067 - 1071 Michael VII Ducas 1071 - 1078 Nicephorus III Botaniates 1078 - 1081 Alexius I Comnenus 1081 - 1118 John II 1118 - 1143 Manuel 1143 - 1180 Alexius II 1143 - 1180 Andronicus 1183 - 1185 Isaac II 1185 - 1195 Alexius III 1195 - 1203 Isaac II 1203 - 1204 Alexius IV 1203 - 1204 Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphius 1204 Theodore I Lascaris 1204 - 1222 John III Ducas Vatatzes 1222 - 1254 Theodore II Lascaris 1254 - 1258 John IV Lascaris 1258 - 1261 Michael VIII Palaeologus 1259 - 1282 Andronicus 1282 - 1328 Michael IX 1293 - 1320 Andronicus III 1328 - 1341 John V 1341 - 1376 John VI 1341 - 1354 Andronicus IV 1376 - 1379 John V 1379 - 1391 (Restored) John VII 1390 Manuel II 1391 - 1425 John VIII 1425 - 1448 Constantine XI Dragases 1449 - 1453 _Depending on your perspective, Constantinople either falls to or is liberted by the Turks._