Emperor Commodus
Life: AD 161 – 192 Commodus Early Life Lucius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 at Lanuvium, roughly 14 miles south-east of Rome. Of the fourteen children …
Emperor Lucius Verus
Life: AD 130 – 169 Name: Lucius Ceionius Commodus Born on 15 December AD 130 at Rome. Consul AD 154, 161, 167. Became co-emperor in 7 March AD 161. Wife: …
Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Life: AD 121 – 180 Name: Marcus Annius Verus Born on 26 April AD 121at Rome. Consul AD 140, 145, 161. Became co-emperor in 7 March AD 161. Wife: Annia …
Emperor Antoninus Pius
Life: AD 86 – 161 Name: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus Arrius Antoninus Born on 19 September AD 86 at Rome. Consul AD 120, 139, 140, 145. Became emperor in 10 …
Emperor Hadrian
Life: AD 76 – 138 The Early Life of Emperor Hadrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January AD 76, probably in Rome, though his family lived in Italica …
Emperor Trajan
Life: AD 52 – 117 Name: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus Born on 18 September AD 53 at Italica in Spain. Consul AD 91, 98, 100, 101, 103, 112. Became emperor in …
Emperor Nerva
Life: AD 30 – 98 Name: Marcus Cocceius Nerva Born on 8 November AD 30 at Narnia. Consul AD 71, 90, 97, 98. Became emperor in 18 September AD 96. …
The ‘Five Good Emperors’
Period: AD 96 – 192 Marcus Cocceius Nerva – “Nerva” Reign: AD 96 – 98 With the murder of Domitian there was no member of the Flavian house, much less …