Portrait Gallery of Roman Emperors
Krystal Coenen:
Julius Caesar
13 July 100 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar
10 January 49: rebelled against the Senate
9 August 48: sole ruler
15 March 44: murdered by senators
Picture: Musei Vaticani, Roma (biography by Suetonius)
Krystal Coenen:
Augustus
23 September 63 BCE: Gaius Octavius
8 May 44: Gaius Julius Caesar
(Historians often call him Octavianus, a title he never used.)
November 40: Imperator Caesar Divi filius
2 September 31 BCE: sole ruler
16 January 27: Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus
19 August 14 CE: natural death
Picture: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, Mérida (biography by Suetonius)
Krystal Coenen:
Tiberius
16 November 42 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero
19 August 14 CE: Imperator Tiberius Caesar Augustus
16 March 37: natural death
Picture: British Museum, London (biography by Suetonius)
Krystal Coenen:
Caligula
31 August 12 CE: Gaius Caesar Germanicus
Summer 14: nickname Caligula ('soldier's boot')
18 March 37: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
24 January 41: murdered by soldiers
Picture: Palazzo Massimo alle terme, Roma (biography by Suetonius)
Krystal Coenen:
Claudius
1 August 10 BCE: Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus
25 January 41: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
13 October 54: poisoned
Refused title: Britannicus (43)
Picture: British Museum, London (biography by Suetonius)
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