Family tree of Roman emperors
This is a family tree of the Roman Emperors, showing only the relationships between the emperors.
27 BC – AD 192
The emperors from Augustus to Commodus can be organised into one large family tree.
192–235
The emperors from Pertinax to the beginning of the Crisis can be organised into one large dynasty (see Severan dynasty family tree), one smaller family and two unrelated emperors.
| Pertinax 126-192-193 | Didius Julianus 133-193-193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Septimius Severus 145-193-211 | Julia Domna 160–217 | Julia Maesa 165–224 | Macrinus 165-217-218 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caracalla 188-198-217 | Geta 189-209-211 | Julia Soaemias 180–222 | Julia Avita Mamaea 180–235 | Diadumenian r. 218 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elagabalus 203-218-222 | Alexander Severus 208-222-235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
235–284, Crisis of the 3rd Century
The emperors during the fifty-year period of the Crisis can be organised into seven families and seven unrelated emperors, although no family held power for more than fifteen years.
| Maximinus Thrax 173-235-238 | Gordian I 159-238-238 | Pupienus 178-238-238 | Balbinus 165-238-238 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gordian II 192-238-238 | Antonia Gordiana b. 201 | Philip the Arab 204-244-249 | Decius 201-249-251 | Trebonianus Gallus 206-251-253 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aemilianus 210-253-253 | Gordian III 225-238-244 | Valerian 200-253-260 | Herennius Etruscus 227-251-251 | Hostilian 230-251-251 | Volusianus r. 251–253 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Claudius Gothicus 213-268-270 | Quintillus 220-270-270 | Gallienus 218-253-268 | Aurelian 214-270-275 | Tacitus 200-275-276 | Florianus r. 276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Probus 232-276-282 | Carus 230-282-283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carinus r. 283–285 | Numerian r. 283–284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
284–518
The emperors from the founding of the Dominate in 284, in the West until 476 and in the East until 518, can be organised into one large dynasty plus ten unrelated emperors.
References
Citations
- Everitt 2007, pp. 9, 208, 313.
- Everitt 2007, p. 125.
- Everitt 2007, pp. xvi, xxi.
- Everitt 2007, pp. xviii, xxiii.
- Everitt 2007, pp. xviii, xxi.
- Everitt 2007, pp. xxx, xxiii.
- Everitt 2007, pp. xxi, xxiii.
Sources
- Everitt, Anthony (2007). Augustus: the life of Rome's first emperor. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 9780812970586.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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