(www.livius.org)
 |
Julius Caesar
 13 July 100 BCE: Caius Julius Caesar 10 January 49: rebelled against the Senate 9 August 48: sole ruler 15 March 44: murdered by Senators |
 |
Augustus
23 September 63 BCE: Caius Octavius 8 May 44: Caius Julius Caesar (Sometimes referred to as Octavianus by historians) November 40: Imperator Caesar Divi filius 2 September 31 BCE: sole ruler 16 January 27: Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus (Son of the divine Augustus) 19 August 14 CE: natural death Picture: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Mérida; (Read Suetonius' biography) |
 |
Tiberius 16 November 42 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero 19 August 14 CE: Imperator Tiberius Caesar Augustus 16 March 37: natural death Picture: Westfälisches
Römermuseum, |
 |
Caligula 31 August 12 CE: Caius Caesar Germanicus Summer 14: nickname Caligula ('soldier's boot') 18 March 37: Caius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 24 January 41: murdered by soldiers Picture: Palazzo Massimo alle terme, Roma; |
 |
Claudius 1 August 10 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus 25 January 41: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 13 October 54: poisoned Refused title: Britannicus (43) Picture: Brithish Musuem |
 |
Nero 15 December 37: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus 25 February 50: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus 13 October 54: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus September (?) 66: Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 9 June 68: suicide Picture: Musei Capitolini |
 |
Galba 24 December 3 BCE: Servius Sulpicius Galba 8 June 68: Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus 15 June 69: lynched by soldiers Picture: Louvre,
Paris; |
 |
Vitellius 7 September 12 (?): Aulus Vitellius 2 January 69: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator 18 July 69: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus 20 December 69: lynched by soldiers Nickname: Spintria Picture: Museo
nazionale della civiltà romana, Roma; |
 |
Otho 28 April 32: Marcus Salvius Otho 15 January 69: Imperator Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus (Nero?) 16 April 69: suicide Picture: Musei
Capitolini, Roma |
 |
Vespasianus
17 November 9: Titus Flavius Vespasianus 1 July 69: Imperator Titus Flavius Vespasianus Caesar 23 June 79: natural death Picture: Museo Arqueológico, Sevilla; |
| Julius Sabinus
Year of birth unknown Spring 70: Emperor of the 'Gallic empire' Summer 70: into hiding 79: executed |
|
 |
Titus 30 December 39: Titus Flavius Vespasianus July 69: Titus Caesar Vespasianus 2 September 70: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus 24 June 79: Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus 13 September 81: natural death Picture: Louvre, Paris. |
 |
Domitian 24 October 51: Titus Flavius Domitianus 14 September 81: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus 83: Imperator Caesar Domitianus Germanicus Augustus 18 September 96: murdered by courtiers Picture: Museo Arqueológico, Sevilla. |
 |
Nerva 30 November 30: Marcus Cocceius Nerva 18 September 96: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus 97: Imperator Nerva Germanicus Caesar Augustus 27 (?) January 98: natural death Picture: Musei Capitolini, Roma. |
 |
Trajan 18 September 53: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus Crinitus October 97: Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus 28 January 98: Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus Germanicus (97), Dacicus (102), Optimus (114), Parthicus (116) 7 August 117: natural death Picture: Valkhofmuseum, Nijmegen |