A Simple List of Roman Emperors


This is not a complete 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.

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