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 |