The High Point – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net The Complete Illustrated History Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:05:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.3 https://e26sqqumju3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/roman-empire-favicon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=32%2C32&ssl=1 The High Point – The Roman Empire https://roman-empire.net 32 32 Emperor Commodus https://roman-empire.net/people/emperor-commodus/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:07:16 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4480 Life: AD 161 – 192 Commodus Early Life Lucius Aurelius Commodus was born on 31 August AD 161 at Lanuvium, roughly 14 miles south-east of Rome. Of the fourteen children ...

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]]> Emperor Lucius Verus https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/lucius-verus/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:59:17 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4475 Life: AD 130 – 169 Name: Lucius Ceionius Commodus Born on 15 December AD 130 at Rome. Consul AD 154, 161, 167. Became co-emperor in 7 March AD 161. Wife: ...

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]]> Emperor Marcus Aurelius https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/marcus-aurelius/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:55:22 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4470 Life: AD 121 – 180 Early Life of Marcus Aurelius Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome on 26 April AD 121. His paternal great-grandfather, Annius Verus from Uccubi (near ...

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]]> Emperor Antoninus Pius https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/antoninus/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:49:13 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4468 Life: AD 86 – 161 Name: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionus Arrius Antoninus Born on 19 September AD 86 at Rome. Consul AD 120, 139, 140, 145. Became emperor in 10 ...

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]]> Emperor Hadrian https://roman-empire.net/people/hadrian/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:46:42 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4464 Life: AD 76 – 138 The Early Life of Emperor Hadrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January AD 76, probably in Rome, though his family lived in Italica ...

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]]> Emperor Trajan https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/trajan/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:43:26 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4463 Life: AD 52 – 117 Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was born on 18 September in Italica near Seville, most likely in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the ...

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]]> Emperor Nerva https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/nerva/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:40:54 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4456 Life: AD 30 – 98 Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born on 8 November in Narnia, 50 miles north of Rome. He was born into the household of a wealthy lawyer ...

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]]> The ‘Five Good Emperors’ https://roman-empire.net/highpoint/the-five-good-emperors/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:46:16 +0000 https://roman-empire.net/?p=4448 Period: AD 96 – 192 Marcus Cocceius Nerva – “Nerva” Reign: AD 96 – 98 With the murder of Domitian there was no member of the Flavian house, much less ...

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