Brief Lives

Biographies of the Roman Emperors and other individuals who appear on Roman imperial coins.

The Julio-Claudian Dynasty  (31 B.C. - A.D. 68)

The Year of the Four Emperors; and the Flavian Dynasty  (A.D. 68 - 96)

The Adoptive and Antonine Emperors  (A.D. 96 - 192)

Civil War and the Severan-Emesan Dynasty  (A.D. 193 - 235)

The Age of Crisis  (A.D. 235 - 268)

The Gallic Empire  (A.D. 260 - 274)

The Military Recovery  (A.D. 268 - 284)

The Tetrarchies  (A.D. 284 - 324)

The House of Constantine  (A.D. 306 - 364)

The Houses of Valentinian and Theodosius  (A.D. 364 - 395)

The Divided Empire: The West  (A.D. 393 - 480)

The Divided Empire: The East  (A.D. 383 - 518)



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