Emperors

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The future emperor Vespasian was born Titus Vespasinus Flavius in the year 9 AD. He was born in Falacrina to T Flavius Sabinus and Vespasia Polla. His father was a successful tax collector and banker ...

Vitellius

People; Emperors

Aelius Vitellius was born in the year 32 AD.Upon his ascension,he abandoned himself to extravagance and all but ignored the troops who had given him the position. He actually did not want to be ...

Otho

People; Emperors

The future emperor Marcus Salvius Otho was born in the year 32 AD. Immediately upon his proclamation as emperor, he had the Praetorian guard kill all the friends and supporters of Galba, including ...

Galba

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Upon the death of Nero, the dynasty of Augustus came to an end which resulted in a bloody civil war ,the first one since Octavian and Antony, between rival generals for the power of the empire. ...

Nero

People; Emperors

The future Roman emperor Nero was born in the year 37 AD in Antium.He was born to Agrippina the Younger and Gnaeus Domitius Anenobarbus, who was a grandson of Augstus.His birth occoured during the ...

Caligula

People; Emperors

The Roman emperor Gaius, better known to history as Caligula, is one of the famous figures that ever lived. His numerous debaucheries and insane acts are stories that have been told and retold ...

Diocletian

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Diocles was declared Emperor by the Danubian Legions on 285. As a foreshadow of the sweeping changes yet to come, Diocles changed this name to Diocletian. During the next some 20 years, this man of ...