2. 1. Octavian/Augustus Caesar
-41 yrs. & 8 months
• Introduced good government into
the empire.
• Appointed honest and efficient
officials
• Removed the corrupt and
unworthy politicians from the
senate.
• Improved the system of taxation
• Built roads,aqueducts,and promote
agriculture and commerce.
3. 2. Tiberius Caesar
-Adopted son of Octavian
-Assassinated by Caligula
-22 yrs. & 6 months
• Military inertia and fair
treatment of provincials
4. 3. Caligula/Gaius Caesar
-Tiberius’ great-nephew and adopted son and
great-grandson of Octavian.
-3 yrs. & 9 months
-Assassinated in a conspiracy involving senators
• Introduced widespread
Terror and bankrupted
the treasury
5. 4. Tiberius Claudius Nero
-Nephew of Tiberius
-Probably poisoned by his wife Agrippina the
Younger, in favour of her son Nero
-13 yrs. & 9 months
• Rebuilt the treasury
• Encouraged senators to debate and
vote seriously
• Built roads,aqueducts,construction
new harbor
6. 5. Nero Claudius Caesar
-Bad emperor,self-centered and no interest in the
actual running of the government.
-Committed suicide after being declared a public enemy
by the Senate
-nephew of Caligula, step- and adopted son ofClaudius;
great-great-grandson of Augustus
-13 yrs. & 8 months
• Gave the first imperial
baths,built canals,constructed
more cities
7. 6. Marcus Salvius Otho
-One of the good emperors
- Committed suicide
-3 months & 1 day
• Coinage of Otho
8. 7. Vitellius
-Lazy,self-indulgent,fond of eating and drinking
and obese glutton
-8 months
- Murdered byVespasian’s troops
• Improved discpline in
Rome
• Spanded offices of Rome
9. 8. Vespacian
-10 yrs
• He exempted all doctors and
teacher of grammar and rhetoric
from paying taxes
10. 9. Titus Flavius Vespasianus
-2 yrs & 3 months
• Constructed the Flavian
Amphitheater or Colosseum
• Constructed public bath-house
• Inaugural games
11. 10. Titus Flavius Domitianus
-Son of Vespacian
-15 yrs.
- Assassinated by court officials
• Extended the seating capacity
by adding another tier to the
Colosseum
• Strengthened the economy by
revaluing the Roman coinage
• Expandedthe border defences
of the empire
• Initiated a massive building
program to restore the damage
city of Rome
12. 11. Marcus Cocceius Nerva
- Appointed by the senate
-1 yr. & 4 months
• Built aqueducts
• Worked on the trasport system
• Built granaries to improve the
food supply
15. 14. Antonius Pius/Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus
Arrius Antonius
-Clemency,dutifullness,intelligence and purity
22 yrs. & 7 months
• Built theaters and temples
• Provided trials for the accused
and guaranted the presumption
of innocent
• Limited torture and bannedit for
people under it
• Managed the Roman finances
frugally ensuring its economic
power
16. 15. Marcus Aurelius
- A Philosopher
-19 yrs.
- Adopted son and heir ofAntoninus Pius
• Philosophy (Meditations)
