3.  Reign  27 BC to 14 AD  Adopted son of Julius Caesar  Defeated Brutus and Marc Antony  Legacy  Established the Empire  Pax Romana ▪ “Roman Peace”  Political Stability  “I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble!”  Death  Natural Causes

4.  Reign  14 AD to 38 AD  Adopted son on Augustus  Legacy  Secluded rule, growing tyranny  Death  Possible natural causes or assassinated by Caligula

5.  Reign  38 AD to 41 AD  Tiberius's great-nephew and adopted grandson; great-grandson of Augustus.  Legacy  Insane  Death  Assassinated involving a conspiracy of Senators and Praetorian Guard  One of Worst Emperors!

6.  Reign  41 AD to 54 AD  Nephew of Tiberius, uncle of Caligula; proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.  Legacy  Conquests and administration  Death  Possibly natural causes or poisoned by his wife Agrippina ▪ Agrippina favored her son Nero

7.  Reign  54 AD to 68 AD  nephew of Caligula, step- and adopted son of Claudius; great-great- grandson of Augustus.  Legacy  Good rule at first, then insanity; Rome burns, Christians persecuted  Death  Committed suicide after being declared a public enemy by the Senate  One of Worst Emperors!

9.  Galba  Murdered by Praetorian Guard  Ortho  Committed Suicide  Vitellius  Murdered by Vespasian's Troops  Vespasian  Rules from 69 AD to 79 AD  Natural causes

10.  Reign  79 AD to 81 AD  Son of Vespasian  Legacy  Coliseum  Death  Natural Causes ▪ The Plague

11.  Reign  81 AD to 96 AD  Son of Vespasian, brother to Titus  Legacy  Rebuilt Roman Buildings  Death  Assassinated by court officials

13.  Reign  96 AD to 98 AD  Appointed by Senate  Legacy  Transition of Power  Death  Natural Causes  One of the Good Emperors!

14.  Reign  98 AD to 117 AD  Adopted son and heir of Nerva  Legacy  Strengthened Empire  Death  Natural Causes  One of the Good Emperors!

15.  Reign  117 AD to 138 AD  Adopted son and heir of Trajan  Legacy  Rebuilt Pantheon  Hadrian's Wall  Relation with Army and People  Death  Natural Causes  One of the Good Emperors!

16.  Reign  138 AD to 161 AD  Adopted son and heir of Hadrian  Legacy  Strengthened Empire  Death  Natural Causes  One of the Good Emperors!

17.  Reign  161 AD to 180 AD  Adopted son and heir of Antoninus Pius  Legacy  Wars and increased power of Empire  Death  Natural Causes  One of the Good Emperors!

18.  Reign  177 AD to 192 AD  Natural son of Marcus Aurelius  Legacy  Little interest in being Emperor  Ruled with brutality and cruelty  Enjoyed fighting as a Gladiator  Death  Assassinated in palace, strangled to death  One of Worst Emperors!

20.  Reign  218 AD to 222 AD  Legacy  Controversial, Cruel, Semi-Insane  Death  Assassinated by Praetorian Guard  One of Worst Emperors!