The Early Emperors – The Roman Empire

Emperor Domitian

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:43:05 +0000

Life: 51 – 96 A.D. Early Life of Domitian Titus Flavius Domitianius was the younger son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla, born in AD 51 in Rome. He was the younger ...

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Emperor Titus

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:41:16 +0000

Life: AD 40 – 81 Early Life of Titus Titus, the elder son of emperor Vespasian, was born in AD 39. He was educated together with Claudius’ son Britannicus, who became ...

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Emperor Vespasian

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:39:45 +0000

Life: AD 9 – 79 Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus was born in AD 9 at Reate, north of Rome. His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax collector and held equestrian ...

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Emperor Vitellius

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:38:43 +0000

Life: AD 15 – 69 Name: Aulus Vitellius Born on 24 September AD 15. Consul AD 48. Became emperor in AD 69. Married (1) Petronia (one son; Patronianus); (2) Galeria ...

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Emperor Otho

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:37:01 +0000

Life: AD 32 – 69 Name: Marcus Salvius Otho Born on 28 April AD 32. Governor of Lusitania AD 58-68. Became emperor on 15 January AD 69. Married Poppaea Sabina, ...

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Emperor Galba

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:35:37 +0000

Life: 3 BC – AD 69 Name: Servius Sulpicius Galba Born on 24 December 3 BC near Tarracina. Governor of Hispania Tarraconensis AD 61-68. Become emperor in AD 68. Married ...

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Emperor Nero

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:33:43 +0000

Life: AD 15 – 68 Nero Early Life Nero was born at Antium (Anzio) on 15 December AD 37 and was first named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the son ...

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Emperor Claudius

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:32:40 +0000

Life: 10 BC-AD 54 Early Life of Claudius Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was born in Lugdunum (Lyon) in 10 BC as the youngest son of Nero Drusus (Tiberius’ brother) ...

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Emperor Caligula

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:29:16 +0000

Life: AD 12 – 41 Introduction: The Enigmatic Emperor Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of Germanicus (nephew of Tiberius) and Agrippina the elder and was born ...

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Emperor Tiberius

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:27:45 +0000

Life: 42 BC-AD 37 Tiberius’s Early Life Tiberius was born in 42 BC, the son of the aristocratic Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. When he was two, his father ...

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Emperor Augustus

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:25:56 +0000

Life: 63 BC – 14 AD Augustus’s Character and Appearance The future emperor Augustus was born into an equestrian family as Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 BC. ...

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The Early Roman Emperors

Franco Cavazzi — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:14:53 +0000

Period: 23 BC – AD 96 Gaius Julius Octavius – “Augustus” Reign: 27 BC – AD 14 After the civil wars which brought Augustus to power, on the winning side ...

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