Curated category
2nd-century Roman emperors
- Year of the Five EmperorsOn New Year's Eve of AD 192, the Roman Empire witnessed a massacre in Rome that would trigger its collapse. Emperor Commodus ordered the killing of citizens…
- CaracallaLucius Septimius Bassianus entered the world on the 4th of April 188 in the city of Lugdunum, Gaul. This location is now known as Lyon, France.
- Septimius SeverusOn the 11th of April in 145, Lucius Septimius Severus drew his first breath within the walls of Leptis Magna. This city sat in the Roman province of Africa…
- Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome on the 26th of April 121. His birth name is sometimes given as Marcus Annius Verus, but sources assign this name to him upon…
- Lucius VerusLucius Ceionius Commodus entered the world on the 15th of December 130 in Rome. He was the first-born son of Avidia and Lucius Aelius Caesar, who served as…
- HadrianPublius Aelius Hadrianus drew his first breath on the 24th of January in the year 76. He emerged into a world centered in Italica, a Roman town founded by…
- TrajanMarcus Ulpius Traianus arrived in the world on the 18th of September AD53 within the Roman province of Hispania Baetica.
- Antoninus PiusTitus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus entered the world on the 19th of September 86 near Lanuvium in Italy. His father held the consulship of 89 and…
- CommodusOn the 31st of August AD 161, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus drew his first breath in Lanuvium, a town nestled near Rome.
- Pescennius NigerGaius Pescennius Niger emerged from an old Italian equestrian family around the year 135. He was the first member of his lineage to achieve the rank of Roman…
- Didius JulianusMarcus Didius Julianus entered the world on the 29th of January 133. His father was Quintus Petronius Didius Severus, a man from Mediolanum, now known as…