Roman Emperors - Statistics

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Years Ruled	West/East	Notable For	Emperor	% Correct
31 BC-14 AD	N/A	First emperor of the Roman Empire	Augustus	100%
54-68 AD	N/A	Driven out of Rome due to unpopularity, killed himself	Nero	96%
37-41 AD	N/A	Assassinated in an attempt to restore the republic	Caligula	88%
14-37 AD	N/A	Conquered Pannonia, Dalmatia, and Raetia. Forced to divorce first wife by order of 1st emperor	Tiberius	85%
41-54 AD	N/A	Began the conquest of Britain	Claudius	77%
117-138 AD	N/A	Ancient fortification named after him in England	Hadrian	65%
69 AD	N/A	Murdered successor, committed suicide after losing battles in Germania	Otho	62%
161-180 AD	N/A	His writings about Stoic philosophy are still critically acclaimed	Marcus Aurelius	58%
68-69 AD	N/A	Took power by aid of Praetorian Guard	Galba	54%
98-117 AD	N/A	Conquered Dacia, fought successful war against Parthia	Trajan	54%
79-81 AD	N/A	Captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple	Titus	50%
177-192 AD	N/A	Dictatorial emperor who indulged in gladiatorial combat	Commodus	46%
69-79 AD	N/A	Led invasion of Britain, quelled Jewish revolt, built the Roman Amphitheatre	Vespasian	46%
306-337 AD	N/A	Dissolved the Tetrarchy system, declared Christianity to be the official Roman religion, renamed Byzantium after himself, a city that would later serve as the capital of the East empire for a thousand years	Constantine I	42%
96-98 AD	N/A	Could not gain support of Roman army, leading him to adopt a popular general as his eventual heir	Nerva	42%
198-217 AD	N/A	Created an edict that granted Roman citizenship to all free men in the empire	Caracalla	38%
337-340 AD	West	Oldest of three brothers who all ruled the empire jointly, attempted to assert right of primogeniture and take Italy by force, an action that led to his death	Constantine II	38%
81-96 AD	N/A	Focused on rebuilding the economy and the city of Rome, tyrannical rule made him highly unpopular amongst Senate, leading to his eventual murder	Domitian	38%
138-161 AD	N/A	Successful emperor who campaigned in Scotland, where a limes was named after him	Antoninus Pius	35%
270-275 AD	N/A	Reunited the Empire by defeating the Gallic Empire, abandoned Dacia, worked to restore Roman currency	Aurelian	35%
218-222 AD	N/A	Replaced Jupiter as the primary god of Rome with the Arab god he was named after	Elagabalus	35%
161-169 AD	N/A	Led Roman forces in campaign against Parthia	Lucius Verus	35%
217-218 AD	N/A	First emperor who did not come from the senatorial class and never was in Rome during his reign	Macrinus	35%
192-193 AD	N/A	Tried to bring about many reforms, one of which targeted the Praetorian Guard, who later assassinated him	Publius Helvius Pertinax	35%
209-211 AD	N/A	Killed by order of his brother in the arms of his mother by centurions	Publius Septimius Geta	35%
284-305 AD	East	Divided the Empire into East and West, instituted the Tetrarchy in a bid to solve the succession crisis, brought about sweeping reforms, then topped it all off by voluntarily retiring his position and living out his days enjoying the Dalmatian coast	Diocletian	31%
361-363 AD	Both	Multi-faceted ruler, last pagan emperor, believed a return to old Roman traditions was key to preserving the Empire	Julian	31%
193 AD	N/A	Purchased the position of emperor from the Praetorian Guard	Marcus Didius Julianus	31%
235-238 AD	N/A	Known as "the Thracian" (Thrax), his rule began the Crisis of the Third Century	Maximinus	31%
475-476 AD	West	Last Emperor of the Western Empire, deposed by Odoacer	Romulus Augustulus	31%
193-211 AD	N/A	First Emperor born in Africa, fought numerous wars to consolidate his power, died in Britannia campaigning against the Caledonians	Septimius Severus	31%
379-395 AD	Both	Signed a treaty with the Sassanid empire, began allowing Goths to settle within the Empire's borders, his final defeat of the below temporarily united both East and West for the final time in 394	Theodosius I	31%
305-306 AD	West	Was junior emperor (Caesar) for 12 years before becoming Augustus of the West in 205, campaigned in Gaul and Britannia with success	Constantius I	27%
222-235 AD	N/A	Last emperor of the Severan dynasty, known for his open mind in religious and military matters, which eventually led to his assassination	Severus Alexander	27%
337-350 AD	Italy and Africa	Ruled alongside his brothers, was killed by Magnentius	Constans I	23%
337-361 AD	Both	Upon the death of his older brother, this emperor defeated the usurper Magnentius bringing the entire Empire under his control	Constantius II	23%
249-251 AD	N/A	Killed predecessor, infamous persecutor of Christians, killed by Goths	Decius	23%
238 AD	N/A	Ruled the empire for 22 days before killing himself upon the death of his son	Gordian I	23%
238 AD	N/A	Shortest reign of any emperor at 22 days (died prior to his father)	Gordian II	23%
393-423 AD	West	Stilicho, a famed and powerful general, was this emperor's guardian and later father-in-law and surprisingly did not seize power from the otherwise impotent ruler, Rome was sacked for the first time in 800 years in 410	Honorius	23%
306-312 AD	West	Warred with his counterpart in the East, last Emperor to permanently reside in Rome and worked to improve the city	Maxentius	23%
244-249 AD	N/A	Born in Arabia, negotiated an unfavorable peace with the Sassanids in order to claim Roman rule as quick as possible. Some believe him to be the first Christian emperor due to his tolerance for Christianity	Philip the Arab	23%
402-450 AD	East	Ordered the construction of the famed defensive walls around Constantinople, presided over two major Christian theological controversies, executed his best friend and divorced his wife all because of an extremely large apple	Theodosius II	23%
364-378 AD	East	He was successful at the political nature of Emperor but his indecisive nature made him inept militarily, he and two-thirds of his military force was killed in the Battle of Adrianople	Valens	23%
253-260 AD	N/A	Raised to power by legions, campaigned in Syria before being captured by the Sassanids where he met an unknown fate	Valerian	23%
253 AD	N/A	Defeated predecessor, ruled a whole month before being killed by his own men	Aemilianus	19%
383-408 AD	East	Weak ruler under whom his wife Aelia and powerful ministers ran the show	Arcadius	19%
238 AD	N/A	Left to oversee Rome and did a poor job, later refused his co-emperor pleas to utilize mercenary German bodyguards, thinking it was a plot to have him assassinated. His failure to call for aid led to his brutal death at the hands of the Praetorian Guard	Balbinus	19%
282-283 AD	N/A	Died campaigning against the Sassanid Empire, reportedly killed by lightning	Carus	19%
268-270 AD	N/A	Decisively defeats the Goths at Naissus, dies from a plague	Claudius Gothicus	19%
305-311 AD	East	Fought a major war against the Sassanids, ended the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Empire	Galerius	19%
253-268 AD	N/A	His 15 year rule helped bring some stability to the Empire during the 3rd century crisis, was assassinated while fighting usurpers	Gallienus	19%
238-244 AD	N/A	Youngest sole emperor of Rome at the age of 13, fought the Sassanid Empire and died under unclear circumstances in modern day Iraq	Gordian III	19%
474-475 AD	West	Overthrew his predecessor, fled to Dalmatia but continued to assert his right to the throne until his death in 480	Julius Nepos	19%
308-324 AD	East	Following Tetrarchy civil war, was elevated to Augusti of the East under new system of two emperors	Licinius	19%
286-305 AD	West	Worked alongside his counterpart in the East, he was later ousted and after a failed attempt to regain power he killed himself	Maximian	19%
283-285 AD	N/A	Co-ruled the empire with his older brother (see below) before mysteriously dying	Numerian	19%
276-282 AD	N/A	Successful and popular emperor who fought wars on all fronts and aimed to bring back prosperity to the inner provinces	Probus	19%
270 AD	N/A	Takes charge of Rome for six months before his successor swept him aside	Quintillus	19%
474-491 AD	East	Worked to stabilize the East empire even as the West empire became no more during his rule	Zeno	19%
467-472 AD	West	Attempted to subdue the Visigoths in Hispania and the Vandals in Africa, was killed by Ricimer	Anthemius	15%
69 AD	N/A	As his support crumbled, this emperor was prepared to peacefully abdicate but was not allowed to by his supporters, resulting in a bloody battle in Rome and this emperor's execution	Aulus Vitellius	15%
283-285 AD	N/A	Competed with his eventual successor from 284 to his murder in 285	Carinus	15%
367-383 AD	West	Becomes senior Augustus upon death of his father, while marching to face down a usurper in Gaul he was deserted by his army and murdered	Gratian	15%
251 AD	N/A	Brief co-emperor of the above, before dying of the plague or having been murdered by the above	Hostilian	15%
363-364 AD	Both	Upon death of his predecessor against the Sassanids, this emperor signed an embarrassing treaty with the Sassanids making him unpopular in the eastern part of the Empire	Jovian	15%
457-461 AD	West	Last emperor to attempt to restore the Western Empire in its glory, had major military successes, brought about reforms that vexed the aristocracy, was killed by Ricimer, one of his generals	Majorian	15%
306-307 AD	West	Conducted a failed siege of Rome which led to his capture, despite being assured of his life by surrendering, he was executed by his captors	Severus II	15%
275-276 AD	N/A	Campaigned against the Goths, died of fever	Tacitus	15%
251-253 AD	N/A	Declared emperor by legions, made peace with Goths	Trebonianus Gallus	15%
364-375 AD	West	Split the empire between himself and his brother, was successful in numerous conflicts against Germanic and Saxon tribes, was the last Emperor to fight beyond the Rhine/Danube border	Valentinian I	15%
375-392 AD	West	Forced to flee Italy when a usurper invaded, sought aid of his counterpart in the East and was restored to Augustus of the West, found hanged in his room	Valentinian II	15%
425-455 AD	West	Ruled during the raids of Attila the Hun, helped negotiate peace with the Huns and was later assassinated by the bodyguards of Aetius, a Roman official who this emperor personally killed	Valentinian III	15%
276 AD	N/A	Campaigned against the man who would succeed him, was killed by his own demoralized army	Florianus	12%
457-474 AD	East	During his rule, he attempted to help the Western Empire, started to use Greek instead of Latin in official documents which was an important shift	Leo I	12%
473-474 AD	East	Was co-emperor with his grandfather and died shortly after him	Leo II	12%
450-457 AD	East	His military efforts against the Huns allowed the Western Empire to negotiate a peace, did much to restore the economy of the East as upon his death the East Empire had 7 million gold coins in surplus	Marcian	12%
310-313 AD	East	Defeated in a civil war that plagued the Roman empire following the above's death	Maximinus Daza	12%
472 AD	West	Puppet of Ricimer, interested in religion and little else	Olybrius	12%
455-456 AD	West	Built an alliance with the Visigoths, ordered them to attack Hispania and then was unable to get their assistance in fending off the Roman generals who deposed him	Avitus	8%
421 AD	West	Suppressed the revolt of Constantine III, recovered much of Gaul and Hispania for the Western Empire	Constantius III	8%
473-474 AD	West	Puppet of Ricimer's nephew Gundobad, repelled an invasion of Italy by the Visigoths, forced to abdicate and became a Bishop	Glycerius	8%
455 AD	West	Took the throne after helping orchestrate the murder of his predecessor, to secure his position he arranged marriages and cancelled Vandal King Genseric's marriage, an act which caused Genseric to invade Italy, drive out this emperor, and sack Rome	Petronius Maximus	8%
461-465 AD	West	Puppet emperor controlled by the general Ricimer, during his reign the Western Empire crumbled until only the Italian provinces were retained by Rome	Libius Severus	4%
383-388 AD	West	Usurper who ruled Gaul and Britannia, set sights on Italy but was defeated by the above ruler, upon his death it is believed Roman imperial presence in Gaul and Britannia was almost none	Magnus Maximus	4%
238 AD	N/A	Left Rome in the hands of his co-emperor to deal with the de jure emperor at the time, upon returning to Rome he found it in disorder and he and his co-emperor were seized and killed by the Praetorian Guard	Pupienus Maximus	4%
383-388 AD	West	Elevated to co-Augustus by the above, executed shortly after the above by Arbogast	Victor	0%

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