List of Roman emperors

== Principian of gosh darn ==
===Julio-Claudian dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
16 January 27 BC to 19 August AD 14	Augustus 	
19 August 14 to 16 March 37 	Tiberius 	
18 March 37 to 24 January 41 	Gaius Caligula	Assassinated
24 January 41 to 13 October 54 	Claudius 	Assassinated by poisoning
October 54 to 11 June 68 	nero dudet 	Commited Suicide
===Year of the Four Emperors===
Reign 	Incumbent	Notes
8 June 68 to 15 January 69 	Galba 	Murdered by Otho
15 January 69 to 16 April 69 	Otho 	Commited Suicide
2 January 69 to 20 December 69	Vitellius	Murdered in the Forum
===Flavian Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent	Notes
1 July 69 to 24 June 79 	Vespasian	70: Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriae co-emperor; see: Year of the four emperors
24 June 79 to 13 September 81 	Titus 	
14 September 81 to 18 September 96	Domitian 	Assassinated
===Nervo-Trajanic Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent	Notes
18 September 96 to 27 January 98	Nerva 	 
28 January 98 to 7 August 117 	Trajan 	
11 August 117 to 10 July 138 	Hadrian 	
===Antonines===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
10 July 138 to 7 March 161 	Antoninus Pius 	
7 March 161 to 17 March 180	Marcus Aurelius	
7 March 161 to March 169 	Lucius Verus 	Co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius
175 to 175 	Avidius Cassius	Usurper; proclaimed emperor: ruled in Egypt and Syria; murdered by a centurion
177 to 31 December 192 	Commodus 	Murdered: strangled by a wrestler
 	Commodus 	
===Severan Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
1 January 193 to 28 March 193	Pertinax 	recognized as emperor by Septimius Severus; murdered by soldiers on the Palatine
28 March 193 to 1 June 193 	Didius Julianus 	Sentenced to death by the Senate; murdered on the Palatine
9 April 193 to 4 February 211	Septimius Severus	
193 to 194/195 	Pescennius Niger 	Claimant: emperor in Syria
193/195 to 197 	Clodius Albinus 	Claimant: emperor in Britain
198 to 8 April 217 	Caracalla 	
209 to 4 February 211 	Geta 	Murdered by Caracalla
11 April 217 to June 218 	Macrinus 	Executed
May 217 to June 218 	Diadumenian 	Executed
June 218 to 222 	Elagabalus 	Assassinated
13 March 222 to March 235 	Alexander Severus	Pontifex MaximusAssassinated
===Rulers during the Crisis of the Third Century===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
February/March 235 to March/April 238 	Maximinus Thrax 	Murdered by troops
earlyJanuary/March 238 to lateJanuary/April 238	Gordian I 	Committed suicide
earlyJanuary March 238 to lateJanuary/April 238	Gordian II 	Killed in battle
earlyFebruary 238 to earlyMay 238 	Pupienus 	Murdered by the Praetorians
earlyFebruary 238 to earlyMay 238 	Balbinus 	Murdered by the Praetorians
May 238 to February 244 	Gordian III 	Murdered
240 to 240 	Sabinianus 	Proclaimed himself emperor; defeated in battle
February 244 to September/October 249 	Philip the Arabian	Killed in battle by Decius
248 to 248 	Pacatianus 	Proclaimed himself emperor; murdered by his own soldiers
248 to 248 	Jotapian 	Claimant
248 to 248 	Silbannacus 	Usurper
249 to June 251 	Decius 	Killed in battle
249 to 252 	Priscus 	Proclaimed himself emperor in the Eastern provinces
250 to 250 	Licinianus 	Claimant
early251 to 1 July 251 	Herennius Etruscus	Killed in battle
251 	Hostilian 	Died of the plague
June 251 to August 253 	Gallus 	Murdered by his own soldiers
July 251 to August 253 	Volusianus 	Murdered by his own soldiers
August 253 to October 253 	Aemilian 	Murdered by his own soldiers
253 to June 260 	Valerian I 	Co-emperor with Gallienus; captured by Persians: died in captivity
253 to September 268 	Gallienus 	Co-emperor with Valerian 253 to 260; murdered
260 	Saloninus 	Co-emperor with Gallienus; murdered
258 or June 260 	Ingenuus 	Proclaimed himself emperor
260 	Regalianus 	Proclaimed emperor
260 to 261 	Macrianus Major 	Proclaimed emperor; defeated and killed in battle
260 to 261 	Macrianus Minor 	Proclaimed emperor; defeated and killed in battle
260 to 261 	Quietus 	Claimant
261 to 261 or 262 	Mussius Aemilianus	Proclaimed emperor
268 to 268 	Aureolus 	Proclaimed himself emperor; surrendered to Claudius II Gothicus
====Gallic Empire 260 to 274====
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
260 to 268	Postumus 	
269 to 269	Laelianus 	Proclaimed himself emperor of the Gallic Empire
269 to 269	Marius 	
269 to 271	Victorinus	
270 to 271 	Domitianus	Proclaimed himself emperor of the Gallic Empire
271 to 274	Tetricus I	
====Illyrian Emperors====
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
268 to August 270 	Claudius II Gothicus	Died of plague
August 270 to September 270 	Quintillus 	Co-emperor with Aurelian; committed suicide
August 270 to 275 	Aurelian 	Co-emperor with Quintillus; murdered by the Praetorian Guard
271 to 271 	Septimius 	Proclaimed emperor in Dalmatia; killed by his own soldiers
November/December 275 to July 276	Tacitus 	Murdered
July 276 to September 276 	Florianus 	Murdered
July 276 to lateSeptember 282 	Probus 	Murdered by his own soldiers
280 	Saturninus 	Claimant: forced by his soldiers; proclaimed himself emperor; killed by his soldiers
280 	Proculus 	Claimant: acceding to the request of the people of Lugdunum; killed by Probus
280 	Bonosus 	Proclaimed himself emperor; defeated by Probus and committed suicide
September 282 to July/August 283	Carus 	
spring 283 to summer 285 	Carinus 	Co-emperor with Numerian; Murdered
July/August 283 to November 284 	Numerian 	Co-emperor with Carinus
====Britannic Empire 286 to 297====
Reign 	Incumbent	Notes
286 to 293	Carausius	
293 to 297	Allectus 	
==Dominate==
===Tetrarchy and Constantinian Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
20 November 284 to 1 May 305 	Diocletian 	Co-emperor with Maximian; Abdicated
1 April 286 to 1 May 305 	Maximian 	Co-emperor with Diocletian; forced to abdicate
1 May 305 to 25 July 306 	Constantius I Chlorus 	Co-emperor with Galerius
1 May 305 to May 311 	Galerius 	Co-emperor with Constantius I Chlorus and then Severus II
August 306 to 16 September 307 	Severus II 	Co-emperor with Galerius
307 to 308 	Maximian 	Abdicated
28 October 306 to 28 October 312 	Maxentius 	Drowned on order of Constantine I The Great
de jure: 307, de facto 312 to 22 May 337	Constantine I The Great	
308 	Domitius Alexander 	Proclaimed himself emperor
11 November 308 to 18 September 324 	Licinius 	Co-emperor; abdicated; (executed early 325)
1 May 310 to July/August 313 	Maximinus Daia 	Co-emperor; committed suicide
December 316 to 1 March 317 	Valerius Valens 	Co-emperor with Licinius; (executed by Constantine I The Great)
July to 18 September 324 	Martinianus 	Co-emperor with Licinius; abdicated; (executed early 325)
337 to 340 	Constantine II 	Co-emperor; killed in battle
337 to 361 	Constantius II 	Co-emperor
337 to 350 	Constans I 	Co-emperor; killed by Magnentius
January 350 to 11 August 353 	Magnentius 	Usurper; committed suicide
c.350 	Vetranio 	Proclaimed himself emperor against Magnentius; recognized by Constantius II, abdicated
c.350 	Nepotianus 	Proclaimed himself emperor against Magnentius, executed
November 361 to June 363 	Julian the Apostate 	Killed in battle
363 to 17 February 364 	Jovian 	Died accidentally
===Valentinian Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
26 February 364 to 17 November 375	Valentinian I 	Emperor in the west
28 March 365 to 9 August 378 	Valens 	Emperor in the east
September 365 to 27 May 366 	Procopius 	Usurper; executed by Valens
24 August 367 to 383 	Gratian 	Assassinated
375 to 392 	Valentinian II	Deposed; died in suspicious circumstances
383 to 388 	Magnus Maximus	Rival in the west; once recognized by Theodosius I, then deposed and executed
c.386 to 388 	Flavius Victor	Son of Magnus Maximus, murdered on order of Theodosius I
392 to 394 	Eugenius 	Usurper in the west; killed in battle
===Theodosian Dynasty===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
388 to 17 January 395	Theodosius I the Great	Co-emperor; emperor in the east from 379
383 to January 395 	Arcadius 	Becoming Byzantine Emperor January 395
23 January 393 to 395	Honorius 	Becoming emperor in the west
===Western Empire===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
395 to 15 August 423 	Honorius 	Co-emperor with Constantius III (421)
407 to 411 	Constantine III 	Claimant
409 to 411 	Constans II 	Claimant, co-ruler with Constantine III
409 to 410 	Priscus Attalus 	Claimant
409 to 411 	Maximus 	Claimant in Spain
411 to 413 	Jovinus 	Claimant
412 to 413 	Sebastianus 	Claimant, co-ruler with Jovinus
414 to 415 	Priscus Attalus 	Claimant
421 to 421 	Constantius III 	Co-emperor with Honorius
423 to 425 	Joannes 	Claimant
425 to 16 March 455 	Valentinian III 	
17 March 455 to 31 May 455 	Petronius Maximus 	
June 455 to 17 October 456 	Avitus 	
457 to 2 August 461 	Majorian 	Abdicated & murdered
461 to 465 	Libius Severus 	
12 April 467 to 11 July 472 	Anthemius 	Executed
July 472 to 2 November 472 	Olybrius 	
5 March 473 to June 474 	Glycerius 	Abdicated
June 474 to 25 April 480 	Julius Nepos 	Emperor in the West until 475, deposed by Orestes; fled; From 476 recognised by Odoacer; murdered 480
31 October 475 to 4 September 476	Romulus Augustus(Romulus Augustulus)	Deposed by Odoacer; fate unknown
===Eastern Roman Empire===
Reign 	Incumbent 	Notes
395 to 408	Arcadius 	
408 to 450	Theodosius II	
450 to 457	Marcian 	
457 to 474	Leo I 	
474 to 474	Leo II 	
474 to 491	Zeno 	
475 to 476	Basiliscus 	
==External links==
*There are good biographies of most of the Roman Emperors in De Imperatoribus Romanis.
*The complete list of the Roman Empire Emperors, from Capitolium.com
*Concise_list_of_Roman_Emperors on Wikipedia - on which this list was based