Emperor Trajan
Life: AD 52 – 117 Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was born on 18 September in Italica near Seville, most likely in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the …
Emperor Nerva
Life: AD 30 – 98 Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born on 8 November in Narnia, 50 miles north of Rome. He was born into the household of a wealthy lawyer …
The ‘Five Good Emperors’
Period: AD 96 – 192 Marcus Cocceius Nerva – “Nerva” Reign: AD 96 – 98 The rule of ‘Five Good Emperors’ starts with the murder of Domitian, as there was no …
Emperor Domitian
Life: 51 – 96 A.D. Early Life of Domitian Titus Flavius Domitianius was the younger son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla, born in AD 51 in Rome. He was the younger …
Emperor Titus
Life: AD 40 – 81 Early Life of Titus Titus, the elder son of emperor Vespasian, was born in AD 39. He was educated together with Claudius’ son Britannicus, who became …
Emperor Vespasian
Life: AD 9 – 79 Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus was born in AD 9 at Reate, north of Rome. His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax collector and held equestrian …
Emperor Vitellius
Life: AD 15 – 69 Vitellius was born in AD 15. Vittelius’ father, Lucius Vitellius, three times held the office of consul as well as once being the emperor’s fellow …
Emperor Otho
Life: AD 32 – 69 Emperor Otho, or, Marcus Salvius Otho was born at Ferentium in southern Etruria on 28 April AD 32. His family did not belong to the …
Emperor Galba
Life: 3 BC – AD 69 Early Life Servius Sulpicius Galba was born on 24 December 3 BC, in a country villa near Tarracina, the son of patrician parents, Gaius …
Emperor Nero
Life: AD 15 – 68 Nero Early Life Nero was born at Antium (Anzio) on 15 December AD 37 and was first named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the son …
Emperor Claudius
Life: 10 BC-AD 54 Early Life of Claudius Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was born in Lugdunum (Lyon) in 10 BC as the youngest son of Nero Drusus (Tiberius’ brother) …
Emperor Caligula
Life: AD 12 – 41 Introduction: The Enigmatic Emperor Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of Germanicus (nephew of Tiberius) and Agrippina the elder and was born …
Emperor Tiberius
Life: 42 BC-AD 37 Tiberius’s Early Life Tiberius was born in 42 BC, the son of the aristocratic Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. When he was two, his father …
Emperor Augustus
Life: 63 BC – 14 AD Augustus’s Character and Appearance The future emperor Augustus was born into an equestrian family as Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 BC. …