Julio-Claudian Rulers Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero
Octavian/Augustus Advice from Senate Governed difficult provinces Public projects “Good old days” Reformed army Training Commanders Benefits
Tiberius Caligula
Claudius permitted to become emperor due to physical and “mental” handicaps Added Britain to the empire Severe family problems
Nero Worst emperor of the Pax Romana Singer, musician Fire destroyed much of the city Persecution of Chrisitans Selfish rebuilding
Legion Selected Emperors, 69 AD Galba 7 months Otho 35 days Vitellius 4 months
Flavian Emperors Vespasian Titus Domitian
Antonini “5 Good” Emperors Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antonius Pius Marcus Aurelius
Nerva Law of Succession
Trajan Non-Italian emperor Empire reached its largest size Dacia Military-bureaucracy public works
Hadrian Territorial withdrawals Stabilized imperial size Hadrian’s Wall Lived outside of Rome Jewish Revolt Pantheon
Antonius Pius
Marcus Aurelius Last Pax Romana emperor Germanic wars Stoic philosopher “Meditiations” Ended Law of Succession by selecting Commodus, his son