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1st-century Roman emperors

  • TiberiusTiberius Claudius Nero stood before the rostra in Rome on 32 BC. He was nine years old when he delivered the eulogy for his biological father.
  • VespasianTitus Flavius Vespasianus entered the world on the 17th of November AD 9 in a small village north-east of Rome called Falacrinae.
  • Year of the Four EmperorsIn the winter of 67, 68, Gaius Julius Vindex, legate of Gallia Lugdunensis, looked for support among other governors to start a revolt against Nero.
  • AugustusOn the 8th of May 44 BC, a teenager named Gaius Octavius accepted a dead man's will and, with it, the most dangerous inheritance in the Roman world.
  • DomitianDomitian entered the world on the 24th of October 51 in Rome. He was the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus and Flavia Domitilla Major.
  • ClaudiusOn the 1st of August 10 BC, a boy named Tiberius Claudius D. f. Ti. n. Drusus was born in Lugdunum, modern-day Lyon, France.
  • NeroLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born on the 15th of December AD 37 in Antium. His father died when he was three years old, leaving him an orphan at a young…
  • CaligulaGaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born on the 31st of August in AD 12 at Antium. He was only four or five years old when he accompanied his father…
  • TitusTitus Flavius Vespasianus entered the world on the 30th of December 39 AD in Rome. His family name was Flavia, a gens that rose from obscurity to imperial…
  • GalbaServius Sulpicius Galba arrived in the world near Terracina on the 24th of December 3 BC. He emerged from a wealthy family that held no blood ties to the…
  • OthoMarcus Salvius Otho entered the world on the 28th of April AD 32. His grandfather Marcus had served as a senator before him.
  • VitelliusAulus Vitellius entered the world on the 24th of September in the year 15, within Nuceria Alfaterna, a town nestled in Campania.
  • TrajanMarcus Ulpius Traianus arrived in the world on the 18th of September AD53 within the Roman province of Hispania Baetica.
  • NervaNerva was almost 66 years old when the Roman Senate proclaimed him emperor on the 18th of September 96. He had spent a lifetime in imperial service and…