1st Edition

Lives of the Roman Emperors From Augustus to Romulus Augustulus

By Mark Merrony Copyright 2027
480 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Lives of the Roman Emperors presents a concise biography of every Roman emperor from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus and some of the more prominent usurping emperors in a single volume. Each biography is informed by ancient texts and modern scholarship, presenting a balanced and informed opinion of the lives of ninety-five rulers. Each entry presents an account of every emperor’s early life,... Read more

Introduction

I. The Late Republican Period

1. The Dictators of Rome and the Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar

II. The Principate

2. Augustus to Carinus

3. The Julio-Claudian Dynasty

4. The Year of the Four Emperors

5. The Flavian period

6. From Nerva to Commodus

7. The Year of the Five Emperors

8. Septimius Severus to Severus Alexander

9. The Soldier Emperors

10. The Gallic Empire

11. The Rebel Emperors

III. The Late Roman Period

12. Diocletian to Romulus Augustulus

13. Diocletian and the Era of the Tetrarchy

14. The Successors of Constantine

15. The Valentinianic Period

16. The Theodosian Period

17. The Later Emperors

Conclusion

Biography

Mark Merrony is a Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford; a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London; and Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Antiqvvs Magazine. He is an accomplished field archaeologist specialising in the Romano-British period and has published several monographs on Roman archaeology and history.