• Julio-Claudian dynasty
• Four Emperors 68 to 69
• Flavian dynasty
• Nervan-Antonian
  dynasty
  • Five Good Emperors
• Severan Dynasty

• Barracks
  Emperors
• Illyrian
  Emperors
• Gallic
  Emperors

• Constantine
  Dynasty -
  Brittanic
  emperors
• Valentinian
  Dynasty

Emperors of the
Western Empire Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ... This is the short overview of Roman Emperors: for more detail and explanation, see: list of Roman Emperors and Roman Emperor. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... The office of Roman Emperor went through a complex evolution over the 1500 years of its existence. ... The Crisis of the Third Century marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government. ... The Crisis of the Third Century marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government. ... The accession to the purple on November 20, 284, of Diocletian, the lower-class, Greek-speaking Dalmatian commander of Caruss and Numerians household cavalry (protectores domestici), marked a major departure from traditional Roman constitutional theory regarding the Emperor, who was nominally first among equals; Diocletian introduced Oriental despotism... The office of Roman Emperor underwent significant turbulence in the fourth and fifth centuries, after assuming the trappings of Eastern despotism during the Dominate. ... The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the series of the first five Roman Emperors. ... The forced suicide of emperor Nero, in 68 AD, was followed by a brief period of civil war (the first Roman civil war since Antonys death in 31 BC) known as the Year of the four emperors. ... The Five Good Emperors. ... The Severan dynasty is a lineage of Roman Emperors, reigning several decades from the late 2nd century to the early 3rd century. ... Barraks Emperor is the way Roman Emperors who ruled during 235–268 are collectively known. ... Several emperors of the Roman Empire were of Illyrian origin. ... The Gallic Empire (in Latin, imperium Galliarum) is the modern name for the independent realm that lived a brief existence during the Roman Empires Crisis of the Third Century, from 260 to 274. ... The Tetrarchs, a porphyry sculpture sacked from a Byzantine palace in 1204, Treasury of St. ... The Constantine Dynasty is an informal name for the loosely related ruling families of the Roman Empire from the rise of Diocletian in 284 to the death of Julian the Apostate in 363. ... The Valentinian Dynasty ruled the Roman Empire from 364 to 392. ... The House of Theodosius was a Roman family that rose to eminence in the waning days of the Roman Empire. ... The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286. ...

Byzantine emperors This is a list of the Emperors of the late Roman Empire, called Byzantine. ...