Greatest Roman Emperor?

1.Augustus, who cleverly replaced the obsolete republic with authoritarianism in a way which avoided opposition.

2. Vespasian. Ended the civil wars after Nero's death; restored good government.

3.Domitian. Often maligned but in reality a great civil administrator.

4. Trajan. Not just a conqueror but but paid for the education of poor boys.

5. Marcus Aurelius. Saw Rome bounce back from calamity to a position where it was about to crush the barbarians completely; only commodus derailed the mission.

6. Gordian III. A courageous young man who evidently shared the risks of battle with his men--fatally in the end--but in the interest of his country.

7. Gallienus As historian P. Southern notes, he deserves much credit for the survival of Rome in the mid third century crisis.

8. Aurelian. Reunited the fractured empire, crushing Palmyra and restoring the prestige of Roman arms in the East.

9. Diocletian. Not solely responsible for the roman recovery but certainly helped it.

10. Anathasius. late fifth century eastern emperor who introduced much needed military reforms paving the way for latter byzantine success against the vandals and persians.

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Greatest Roman Emperor?

I am curious to see who people rank as the top ten Roman Emperors of all time. Please know I personally consider the Byzantine Empire the same as the Eastern Roman Emperor, so any Eastern Roman Emperor can go on this list as well. Thanks, and 10 points to the best most thought out answer!

Maybe not the most influential, but the "top" Roman Emperor would have to be Augustus because his rule is now known as Rome's "golden age".

Top Five Roman Emperors 5. Hadrian 4. Marcus Aurelius 3. Vespasian 2. Trajan 1. Augustus Top Five Worst Roman Emperors 5. Constantine I 4. Gratian 3. Valentinian II 2. Constantius II 1. Theodosius I

Greatest Roman Emperors 24 items ranked

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Augustus (c. 63 BC - 14 AD)

He pretty much invented the position, overseeing the transition from the failed Republic of Rome to the quasi military dictatorship of Emperor Rule. Augustus was a brilliant politician, he was strong while still yielding to the Senate and his rule was one of the most peaceful and prosperous in Roman History, called the Pax Augustus

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gaius julius ceaser

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Marcus Aurelius (c. 121 - 180)

The success of his rule can be questioned, The Roman Empire was not as peaceful or prosperous under hsi rule as some others, but Marcus Aurelius is one of the most famous Emperors largely due to his scholarship and intelligence. One of the most famous Stoics in history, Marcus Aurelius wrote a great deal of philosophy and was known as a great, moral man and fine thinker. His contributions to literature and philosophy are the greatest of any Emperor and his writings are still studied today.

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Great Emperor, finished the war against the germans ( last battle is shown in the movie Gladiator), a thinker as said before, unfortunately his son Commodus was crazy indeed and bad. The last of thr so called time of the 5 good emperors. ( Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius )

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Hadrian (c. 76 - 138)

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Vespasian (c. 9 - 79)

Like Augustus and Constantine, Vespasian saved the Empire at a time of great chaos. After the disastrous rule of the Year of the Four Emperors Vespasian's steady hand and no nonsense policies helped save the Empire from financial ruin and set it back on the right track.

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Diocletian (c. 240? - 305)

Many scholars believe that while Constantine gets all the credit for renewing Rome, it was actually Diocletian who was responsible for saving the Empire after it started to deteriorate from wars, rampant spending and poor rulers.

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Trajan (c. 53 - 117)

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Antoninus Pius (c. 86 - 161)

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Septimius Severus (c. 145 - 211)

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Aurelian (c. 214 - 275)

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Justinian

Technically, an emperor of Byzantium, but that was the successor to Rome, and in his short reign he took Italy back for Rome. If his treasury hadn't been so limited, he most likely could have restored the Roman Empire.

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Byzantium , aka Byzantine Empire is the modern name for the eastern roman empire, was very sucesfull like 300 years after the fall of Rome, and could withstand despite many invasions, treason of Republic of Venice and Rise of Islam, until without help from othwe catholic nations collapsed in 1453, unfortunatelly in my opinion, i would like to visit the sucessor of the roman empire. ( stupid people say USA, does not make sense at all)

Perhaps his only lasting accomplishment was his codex of Roman law. The long term effects of his "recovery" of lost territory, especially Itayl, was in the long run ruinously expensive and was a major factor in weakening the Eastern Roman Empire and aided in the loss of Syria, Palestine and Egypt to the Arabs in the 630s/40s.

Galerius

He won a decisive victory against the Persians which lead to a highly favorable peace for Rome.

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Constatine (c. 250? - 306)

He is best known as the first Christian Emperor, the man who converted Rome to Christianity and convened the Council of Nicaea, the first great council of the Church. However, Constantine is surpassed only by Augustus in political acumen and importance. He saved the collapsing Empire at a time of great strife and thanks to his wise lead it continued on for another thousand years in one form or another.

Sorry guys, but it was definitely Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, otherwise known by the glorious nickname of CALIGULA. (Listen to Sergei Prokofiev's "Dance of the Knights" for full emphasis)

He introduced madness and jolly fun in his reign, humiliating the old, corrupt fools in the senate and the impotent military, walking in the humble streets of Rome as Hercules himself walked among the syphilitic folk of Ancient Thebes. He was a man of the Masses, his name forever blackened by the powerful, angry, and emasculated senators and generals that came after him.

Wherever he went he had to have a second carriage simply to carry his enormous balls; he had hot for-special fornication with the wives and daughters and sons and slaves of the most important men of his day, and laughed in their faces.

Can't imagine why he was assassinated at age 28, though.

General Vespasian he had the greatest time of stability

Hadrian.

Constantine (spelling?)

Introduced the greatest, and truest religion to a great empire.