List of condemned Roman emperors

Damnatio memoriae was the ancient Roman practice of erasing the names of disgraced individuals from public memory. The emperors listed below were erased from monuments by decree of the Senate.

Emperor Reign Notes
Caligula 37–41
Nero 54–68
Domitian 81–96
Commodus 177–192
Clodius Albinus Usurper
Geta 209–211
Macrinus 217–218
Diadumenian 217–218
Elagabalus 218–222
Severus Alexander 222–235 Only during the reign of Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus Thrax 235–238
Maximus I Caesar only
Philip the Arab 244–249
Philip II 247–249 Philip the Arab's son
Decius 249–251
Herennius Etruscus 251 Decius' son
Hostilian 251 Decius' son
Aemilianus 253
Gallienus 253–268
Aurelian 270–275
Probus 276–282
Carus 282–283
Carinus 284–285
Numerian 283–284
Diocletian 284–305
Maximian 286–305
Galerius 305–311
Valerius Severus 306–307
Maximinus II 308–313
Maxentius 306–312
Licinius 308–324
Constantine II 337–340
Constans 337–350
Magnentius Usurper
Magnus Maximus 383–388

References

Sir John Edwin Sandys Latin Epigraphy (1927).

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