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GENEALOGY

Julio-Claudian Family Tree
Nervo-Trajanic & Adoptive Antonines Family Tree
Flavian Dynasty Family Tree
Severan Dynasty Family Tree
Valerian & Gallienus Family Tree
Tetrarchs & Constantine Family Tree
Valentinian & Theodosian Family Tree
Eastern and Western Emperors Family Tree

END OF THE REPUBLIC 120 BC–44 BC
1. Marius & Sulla
2. First Triumvirate
3. Empire at Caesar's Death

JULIO-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY 63 BC–AD 68
4. Octavian v. Antony
5. Augustus and His Family
6. The Times of Tiberius
7. Caligula the Monster
8. The Family of Claudius
9. Nero's Rome

YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS AD 68–70
10. Competing Emperors (Galba, Otho, Vitellius)

THE FLAVIAN DYNASTY AD70–96
11. Events under the Flavians

NERVO-TRAJANIC & ADOPTIVE ANTONINES AD 96–192
12 Nerva & Trajan
13 Hadrian
14 Hadrian’s Heirs
15 Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus
16 Commodiana
 
EMPERORS OF THE CIVIL WAR AD 192–197
17 Claimants in Conflict (Pertinax, Didius Julianus,
  Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus)
 
SEVERAN DYNASTY AD 193–235
18 The In-Fighting Severans (Septimius Severus, Gaeta, Caracalla)
19 Caracalla’s Campaigns
20 The Late Severans (Macrinus, Elegabalus, Severus Alexander)

INTO MILITARY ANARCHY AD 235–268
21 Anarchy in the Empire (Maximinus Thrax, Gordians I, II & III,
  Pupienus & Balbinus, Philip the Arab, Decius,
  Trebonianus Gallus, Aemilianus)
22 Valerian & Gallienus
 

IMPERIUM GALLORUM AND EMPIRES IN THE EAST AD 259–271

23 A Fragmented Empire (Postumus to Tetricus, the Macriani,
  Palmyra)
 
RESTORATION OF IMPERIAL UNITY AD 268–285
24 Restitutor Orbis (Claudius II, Qunitillus, Aurelian, Tacitus,
  Florian, Probus, Carus, Numerian & Carinus)
  24a Maps
 
THE TETRARCHY AD 284–313
25 Tetrarchs & Administration (Diocletian, Maximian)
26 Tetrarchs at War (Constantius I, Gallerius, Severus II, Maxentius,
  Maximinus Daia, Licinus, Young Constantine)

CONSTANTINE & BYZANTIUM SUPREME AD 313–364
27 Constantine Supreme
28 Constantine’s Successors (Constantine II, Constantius II,
  Constans, Magnentius, Gallus
29 Julian & Old Gods (Julian Apostate, Jovian)
 
VALENTINIAN & THE THEODOSIAN DYNASTY AD 364–455
30 Dividing the Labor (Valentinian I, Valens)
31 The Rise of Theodosius (Gratian, Theodosius I, Valentinian II,
  Eugenius, Arcadius, Honorius)
32 Stilicho & Alaric
33 Pawns in the Power Game (Constantine III, Maximus Magnus,
  Constantius III, Joannes, Galla Placidia, Theodosius II, valentinian III)
 
FALL OF THE WEST AD 455–476
34 Puppet Emperors (Petronius Maximus, Avitus, Majorian, Severus III,
  Anthemius, Olybrius, Glycerius, Julius nepos, Romulus Augustulus)
 
POWER IN THE EAST AD 450–518
35 Byzantium Emerging (Marcian, Leo I, Leo II, Zeno, Basiliscus,
  Anastasius)
 
BARBARIANS IN ITALY AD 476–534
36 Ostrogoths in Italy (Odoacer, Theodoric, Athalaric)
 
THE RECOVERY OF THE WEST AD 518–565
37 Vandals and Goths (Justin, young Justinian, Hilderic, Belisarius)
38 War in Italy (Theodahad, Belisarius)
39 Justinian’s Empire
 
40 TABLES

If you want a slightly different and more visual take on a fascinating subject, this book is a must!
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This book gives great descriptions of each Emperor, drawing on every source imaginable. It covers every period, a lot of which have very little written about them elsewhere (such as the Third Century). Every imaginable Emperor is in: usurpers, the Emperors of the Gallic Empire; the book even covers the lives of some rulers who were not Emperors, such as the Gothic kings of Italy and leaders of the later Roman Republic.
 
What attracted me to this book were the wonderful pictures. There are pictures of every emperor, pictures from statues, coins, paintings, and sometimes all of the above. The coins were used so often that I'd recommend anyone with an interest in Roman coins to just look at the pictures. The maps are also great: there are lots of maps, which are always helpful when dealing with places that have changed a lot in two thousand years. Everything is in color and beautiful. One thing that really struck me about the book is that it has the wealth of pictures and the accessibility one might find in book targeted to a younger audience, but the sophistication and enormous amount of detailed information one might expect from a professor of classics. It’s the best of both worlds.
    Christopher Bonura (Amazon.com)

Aficionados of the trials, tribulations, big personalities and exploits of ancient Rome will look hard to find a more definitive but accessible reference guide to this compelling time in global history. The Complete Chronicle of the Emperors of Rome covers not only background history, but also the politics of the time, as well as military and economic strategies, and their social impact. It is an exhaustive coverage of the world’s most powerful and influential empire, and would be at home on the book shelf of anyone studying – or simply interested in – ancient Rome.
 
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   Heritage-Key.com