IMPERIAL TIMELINE. Expansion under Augustus The Julio-Claudian Dynasty Augustus Tiberius (competent...
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The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Augustus
Tiberius (competent but paranoid and cruel)
Caligula: insane
Claudius: a decent leader; the empire started expanding again
Nero: grandiose and crazy, but perhaps popular with rare glimpses of competence
After the suicide of Nero there is chaos
Stability returns with Vespasian’s accession
The Flavians
Vespasian 69 AD – 79 AD
Titus 79 AD – 81 AD
Domitian 81 AD – 96 AD
The Flavians were competent emperors
Financial reforms bring fiscal health
Massive building program
Disasters: Vesuvius, plague, and the destruction of Jerusalem, all under the short reign of Titus.
The 5 good emperors (2nd c. AD)
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Each adopted a competent successor. This is the high point of Imperial Rome. Under Trajan Rome reaches its greatest expansion in 117 AD.
The Decline and Fall
The 3rd century crisis
Diocletian divides the empire into 4 parts in order to make it governable
4th c: Constantine temporarily reunites the empire and advances Christianity
After his death the empire splits into two.
The Western part would be overrun by 476 AD
The Eastern part would continue for another 1000 years, but changed into a Greek-speaking, Christian empire (Byzantium).