| A | B |
|---|
| Augustus | began the 200 year period known as Pax Romana |
| Tiberius | withdrew, paranoid, to the Isle of Capri |
| Caligula | wanted to make his horse consul and put his head on gods' statues |
| Claudius | despite physical disabilities was wise ruler, poisoned by wife |
| Nero | blamed Christians for 64 AD fire in Rome |
| Titus | opened the Colosseum |
| Nerva | a Senator, appointed Emperor by the Senate |
| Trajan | first Emperor born in the provinces |
| Hadrian | built walls to defend the frontiers, rather than extend |
| Marcus Aurelius | a philosopher who wrote "The Meditations" |
| Diocletian | declared himself "Dominus et Deus" to restore authority of Emperor and traditional religion |
| Constantine | declared "The Edict of Milan" in 313 AD |
| Theodosius | made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire |
| Romulus Augustulus | was the last Roman Emperor |
| Vespasian | with the help of his son put down the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 AD |
| Domitian | his dictatorial style led to his own paranoia and eventual assassination |
| Commodus | was weak, vain, ineffective and his reign started a 90- year period of civil wars. |
