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Judeo-Claudians
Augustus
16
Tiberius
14
Caligula
14
Claudius
16
Nero
14
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Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba
16
Otho
16
Vitellius
16
Vespasian
17
Titus
17
Domitian
16
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Nerva-Antonines
Nerva
17
Trajan
17
Hadrian
16
Antoninus Pius
16
Lucius Verras
16
Marcus Aurelius
17
Commodus
12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan Dynasty
Pertinax
16
Didius Julianus
16
Septimius Severus
16
Caracalla
16
Geta
16
Macrinus
16
Elagabalus
16
Severus Alexander
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I
16
Gordian I
16
Gordian II
16
Pupienus
16
Balbinus
16
Gordian III
16
Philip I
16
Philip II
16
Trajan Decius
16
Herennius Etruscus
16
Hostilian
16
Trebonianus Gallus
16
Volusianus
16
Aemilian
16
Valerian
16
Gallienus
16
Saloninus
16
Claudius Gothicus
16
Quintillus
16
Aurelian
17
Tacitus
16
Florian
16
Probus
16
Carus
16
Numerian
16
Carinus
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tetrarchy and Constantinian Dynasty
Diocletian
14
Maximian
16
Constantius I
16
Galerius
16
Severus II
16
Constantine I
17
Maxentius
16
Maximinus II
16
Licinius I
16
Valerius Valens
16
Martinian
16
Constantine II
16
Constantius II
16
Constans I
16
Vetranio
16
Julian II "the Apostate"
14
Jovian
16
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Valentinian Dynasty
Valentinian I
16
Valens
16
Gratian
16
Valentinian II
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theodosian Dynasty
Theodosius I
16
Arcadius
16
Magnus Maximus
16
Flavius Victor
16
Honorius
14
Theodosius II
16
Constantine III
16
Constans II
16
Constantius III
16
Joannes
16
Valentinian III
16
Marcian
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eastern Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian"
16
Leo II "the Little"
16
Zeno
16
Basiliscus
16
Anastasius I
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus
16
Avitus
16
Majorian
17
Libius Severus
16
Anthemius
16
Olybrius
14
Glycerius
16
Julius Nepos
17
Romulus Augustulus
14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurelian... While he admittedly left a fuzzy succession crisis in his wake, he reunified a massively divided empire and basically single-handedly restored Pax Romana. I should also give Claudius Gothicus a point in this department since he kick-started Aurelian's campaigns, but I think Aurelian takes precedence for doing the deed.
Nero... While many may automatically associate Nero with everything bad, he was actually quite a great guy... at first. You have to understand, Nero had seen a lot of bad things happen in his life, he went into a sort of depression mode before turning into a hyper-active, 'I'm going to fix all of the world's problems!' soreda guy. Which, while that was great and all, he spent an incredible amount of money and ran the treasury into the ground... Of course, all of the things he made ended up furthering Roman culture and modern culture, but kinda like what happened to the 'Good King' Ludwig, despite the fact it helped the future immensely, it wasn't helping them at the moment. So, a small band of senators started plotting against Nero... Kinda like what the small band of nobles succeeded in doing to King Ludwig. However, unlike Ludwig, he found out about their dastardly plot. But unfortunately, after he found out about their plot, he went on a murder spree and executed anyone who's name the half-tortured prisoners happened to say, in the name of... justice. From there, it was all a downhill slope, he started performing and singing in public and crazy stuff like that (Sky Marshall Anoke is proud). And eventually he just fell completely off the deep end, and murdered his wife, married a eunuch, and killed a ton of more people, all while continuing his goal of bankrupting the largest and wealthiest empire that has ever graced the small continent of Europe (Which was quite a feat, he had to build an entire city out of all of the rich stuff he could think of, he had entire murals repaved simply because a single stone was off... 'Had to perfect!' huh, rich people...). So while Nero might not be the... worst emperor, considering the amazing art and crafts that he further developed, he certainly isn't the best.
And that concludes my brief summary as to why Nero most certainly isn't the best Emperor, and why Aurelian might be... Or at least probably 3rd or 2nd.
Augustus
16
Tiberius
14
Caligula
14
Claudius
16
Nero
14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba
16
Otho
16
Vitellius
16
Vespasian
17
Titus
17
Domitian
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nerva-Antonines
Nerva
17
Trajan
17
Hadrian
16
Antoninus Pius
16
Lucius Verras
16
Marcus Aurelius
17
Commodus
12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan Dynasty
Pertinax
16
Didius Julianus
16
Septimius Severus
16
Caracalla
16
Geta
16
Macrinus
16
Elagabalus
16
Severus Alexander
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I
16
Gordian I
16
Gordian II
16
Pupienus
16
Balbinus
16
Gordian III
16
Philip I
16
Philip II
16
Trajan Decius
16
Herennius Etruscus
16
Hostilian
16
Trebonianus Gallus
16
Volusianus
16
Aemilian
16
Valerian
16
Gallienus
16
Saloninus
16
Claudius Gothicus
16
Quintillus
16
Aurelian
17
Tacitus
16
Florian
16
Probus
16
Carus
16
Numerian
16
Carinus
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tetrarchy and Constantinian Dynasty
Diocletian
14
Maximian
16
Constantius I
16
Galerius
16
Severus II
16
Constantine I
17
Maxentius
16
Maximinus II
16
Licinius I
16
Valerius Valens
16
Martinian
16
Constantine II
16
Constantius II
16
Constans I
16
Vetranio
16
Julian II "the Apostate"
14
Jovian
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Valentinian Dynasty
Valentinian I
16
Valens
16
Gratian
16
Valentinian II
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theodosian Dynasty
Theodosius I
16
Arcadius
16
Magnus Maximus
16
Flavius Victor
16
Honorius
14
Theodosius II
16
Constantine III
16
Constans II
16
Constantius III
16
Joannes
16
Valentinian III
16
Marcian
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eastern Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian"
16
Leo II "the Little"
16
Zeno
16
Basiliscus
16
Anastasius I
16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus
16
Avitus
16
Majorian
17
Libius Severus
16
Anthemius
16
Olybrius
14
Glycerius
16
Julius Nepos
17
Romulus Augustulus
14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aurelian... While he admittedly left a fuzzy succession crisis in his wake, he reunified a massively divided empire and basically single-handedly restored Pax Romana. I should also give Claudius Gothicus a point in this department since he kick-started Aurelian's campaigns, but I think Aurelian takes precedence for doing the deed.
Nero... While many may automatically associate Nero with everything bad, he was actually quite a great guy... at first. You have to understand, Nero had seen a lot of bad things happen in his life, he went into a sort of depression mode before turning into a hyper-active, 'I'm going to fix all of the world's problems!' soreda guy. Which, while that was great and all, he spent an incredible amount of money and ran the treasury into the ground... Of course, all of the things he made ended up furthering Roman culture and modern culture, but kinda like what happened to the 'Good King' Ludwig, despite the fact it helped the future immensely, it wasn't helping them at the moment. So, a small band of senators started plotting against Nero... Kinda like what the small band of nobles succeeded in doing to King Ludwig. However, unlike Ludwig, he found out about their dastardly plot. But unfortunately, after he found out about their plot, he went on a murder spree and executed anyone who's name the half-tortured prisoners happened to say, in the name of... justice. From there, it was all a downhill slope, he started performing and singing in public and crazy stuff like that (Sky Marshall Anoke is proud). And eventually he just fell completely off the deep end, and murdered his wife, married a eunuch, and killed a ton of more people, all while continuing his goal of bankrupting the largest and wealthiest empire that has ever graced the small continent of Europe (Which was quite a feat, he had to build an entire city out of all of the rich stuff he could think of, he had entire murals repaved simply because a single stone was off... 'Had to perfect!' huh, rich people...). So while Nero might not be the... worst emperor, considering the amazing art and crafts that he further developed, he certainly isn't the best.
And that concludes my brief summary as to why Nero most certainly isn't the best Emperor, and why Aurelian might be... Or at least probably 3rd or 2nd.
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Judeo-Claudians
Augustus 16
Tiberius 14
Caligula 14
Claudius 16
Nero 12
Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba 16
Otho 16
Vitellius 16
Vespasian 17
Titus 17
Domitian 16
Nerva-Antonines
Nerva 17
Trajan 17
Hadrian 17
Antoninus Pius 16
Lucius Verras 16
Marcus Aurelius 17
Commodus 12
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan dynasty
Pertinax 16
Didius Julianus 16
Septimius Severus 16
Caracalla 16
Geta 16
Macrinus 16
Elagabalus 16
Severus Alexander 16
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I (Thrax) 16
Gordian I 16
Gordian II 16
Pupienus 16
Balbinus 16
Gordian III 16
Philip I 16
Philip II 16
Trajan Decius 16
Herennius Etruscus 16
Hostilian 16
Trebonianus Gallus 16
Volusianus 16
Aemilian 16
Valerian 16
Gallienus 16
Saloninus 16
Claudius Gothicus 16
Quintillus 16
Aurelian 17
Tacitus 16
Florian 16
Probus 16
Carus 16
Numerian 16
Carinus 16
Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty
Diocletian 14
Maximian 16
Constantius I 16
Galerius 16
Severus II 16
Constantine I 17
Maxentius 16
Maximinus II 16
Licinius I 16
Valerius Valens 16
Martinian 16
Constantine II 16
Constantius II 16
Constans I 16
Vetranio 16
Julian II "the Apostate" 14
Jovian 16
Valentinian dynasty
Valentinian I 16
Valens 16
Gratian 16
Valentinian II 16
Theodosian dynasty
Theodosius I 16
Arcadius 16
Magnus Maximus 16
Flavius Victor 16
Honorius 14
Theodosius II 16
Constantine III 16
Constans II 16
Constantius III 16
Joannes 16
Valentinian III 16
Marcian 16
East Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian" 16
Leo II "the Little" 16
Zeno 16
Basiliscus 16
Anastasius I 16
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus 16
Avitus 16
Majorian 17
Libius Severus 16
Anthemius 16
Olybrius 14
Glycerius 16
Julius Nepos 17
Romulus Augustulus 14
Hadrian - one of the "good emperors," helped usher in transition to a more peaceful, cultural Empire.
Nero is the poster-boy for garbage emperors - insanity, murder, chaos, etc. Needs no explanation for a downvote.
Augustus 16
Tiberius 14
Caligula 14
Claudius 16
Nero 12
Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba 16
Otho 16
Vitellius 16
Vespasian 17
Titus 17
Domitian 16
Nerva-Antonines
Nerva 17
Trajan 17
Hadrian 17
Antoninus Pius 16
Lucius Verras 16
Marcus Aurelius 17
Commodus 12
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan dynasty
Pertinax 16
Didius Julianus 16
Septimius Severus 16
Caracalla 16
Geta 16
Macrinus 16
Elagabalus 16
Severus Alexander 16
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I (Thrax) 16
Gordian I 16
Gordian II 16
Pupienus 16
Balbinus 16
Gordian III 16
Philip I 16
Philip II 16
Trajan Decius 16
Herennius Etruscus 16
Hostilian 16
Trebonianus Gallus 16
Volusianus 16
Aemilian 16
Valerian 16
Gallienus 16
Saloninus 16
Claudius Gothicus 16
Quintillus 16
Aurelian 17
Tacitus 16
Florian 16
Probus 16
Carus 16
Numerian 16
Carinus 16
Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty
Diocletian 14
Maximian 16
Constantius I 16
Galerius 16
Severus II 16
Constantine I 17
Maxentius 16
Maximinus II 16
Licinius I 16
Valerius Valens 16
Martinian 16
Constantine II 16
Constantius II 16
Constans I 16
Vetranio 16
Julian II "the Apostate" 14
Jovian 16
Valentinian dynasty
Valentinian I 16
Valens 16
Gratian 16
Valentinian II 16
Theodosian dynasty
Theodosius I 16
Arcadius 16
Magnus Maximus 16
Flavius Victor 16
Honorius 14
Theodosius II 16
Constantine III 16
Constans II 16
Constantius III 16
Joannes 16
Valentinian III 16
Marcian 16
East Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian" 16
Leo II "the Little" 16
Zeno 16
Basiliscus 16
Anastasius I 16
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus 16
Avitus 16
Majorian 17
Libius Severus 16
Anthemius 16
Olybrius 14
Glycerius 16
Julius Nepos 17
Romulus Augustulus 14
Hadrian - one of the "good emperors," helped usher in transition to a more peaceful, cultural Empire.
Nero is the poster-boy for garbage emperors - insanity, murder, chaos, etc. Needs no explanation for a downvote.
Judeo-Claudians
Augustus 16
Tiberius 14
Caligula 14
Claudius 16
Nero 12
Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba 16
Otho 16
Vitellius 16
Vespasian 17
Titus 17
Domitian 16
Nerva-Antonines
Nerva 17
Trajan 17
Hadrian 17
Antoninus Pius 16
Lucius Verras 16
Marcus Aurelius 17
Commodus 10
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan dynasty
Pertinax 16
Didius Julianus 16
Septimius Severus 16
Caracalla 16
Geta 16
Macrinus 16
Elagabalus 16
Severus Alexander 16
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I (Thrax) 16
Gordian I 16
Gordian II 16
Pupienus 16
Balbinus 16
Gordian III 16
Philip I 16
Philip II 16
Trajan Decius 16
Herennius Etruscus 16
Hostilian 16
Trebonianus Gallus 16
Volusianus 16
Aemilian 16
Valerian 16
Gallienus 16
Saloninus 16
Claudius Gothicus 16
Quintillus 16
Aurelian 17
Tacitus 16
Florian 16
Probus 16
Carus 16
Numerian 16
Carinus 16
Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty
Diocletian 14
Maximian 16
Constantius I 16
Galerius 16
Severus II 16
Constantine I 17
Maxentius 16
Maximinus II 16
Licinius I 16
Valerius Valens 16
Martinian 16
Constantine II 16
Constantius II 16
Constans I 16
Vetranio 16
Julian II "the Apostate" 14
Jovian 16
Valentinian dynasty
Valentinian I 17
Valens 16
Gratian 16
Valentinian II 16
Theodosian dynasty
Theodosius I 16
Arcadius 16
Magnus Maximus 16
Flavius Victor 16
Honorius 14
Theodosius II 16
Constantine III 16
Constans II 16
Constantius III 16
Joannes 16
Valentinian III 16
Marcian 16
East Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian" 16
Leo II "the Little" 16
Zeno 16
Basiliscus 16
Anastasius I 16
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus 16
Avitus 16
Majorian 17
Libius Severus 16
Anthemius 16
Olybrius 14
Glycerius 16
Julius Nepos 17
Romulus Augustulus 14
Valentinian get's my vote for being both a decent (if a little arrogant) emperor, being the last really good emperor in the West, and for having one of the funnier deaths of any emperor on the list.
Commodus is terrible, and I still think he's worst emperor out of any.
Augustus 16
Tiberius 14
Caligula 14
Claudius 16
Nero 12
Year of the Four Emperors & Flavians
Galba 16
Otho 16
Vitellius 16
Vespasian 17
Titus 17
Domitian 16
Nerva-Antonines
Nerva 17
Trajan 17
Hadrian 17
Antoninus Pius 16
Lucius Verras 16
Marcus Aurelius 17
Commodus 10
Year of the Five Emperors and Severan dynasty
Pertinax 16
Didius Julianus 16
Septimius Severus 16
Caracalla 16
Geta 16
Macrinus 16
Elagabalus 16
Severus Alexander 16
Crisis of the Third Century
Maximinus I (Thrax) 16
Gordian I 16
Gordian II 16
Pupienus 16
Balbinus 16
Gordian III 16
Philip I 16
Philip II 16
Trajan Decius 16
Herennius Etruscus 16
Hostilian 16
Trebonianus Gallus 16
Volusianus 16
Aemilian 16
Valerian 16
Gallienus 16
Saloninus 16
Claudius Gothicus 16
Quintillus 16
Aurelian 17
Tacitus 16
Florian 16
Probus 16
Carus 16
Numerian 16
Carinus 16
Tetrarchy and Constantinian dynasty
Diocletian 14
Maximian 16
Constantius I 16
Galerius 16
Severus II 16
Constantine I 17
Maxentius 16
Maximinus II 16
Licinius I 16
Valerius Valens 16
Martinian 16
Constantine II 16
Constantius II 16
Constans I 16
Vetranio 16
Julian II "the Apostate" 14
Jovian 16
Valentinian dynasty
Valentinian I 17
Valens 16
Gratian 16
Valentinian II 16
Theodosian dynasty
Theodosius I 16
Arcadius 16
Magnus Maximus 16
Flavius Victor 16
Honorius 14
Theodosius II 16
Constantine III 16
Constans II 16
Constantius III 16
Joannes 16
Valentinian III 16
Marcian 16
East Roman Empire until the Fall of the West
Leo I "the Thracian" 16
Leo II "the Little" 16
Zeno 16
Basiliscus 16
Anastasius I 16
Fall of the West
Petronius Maximus 16
Avitus 16
Majorian 17
Libius Severus 16
Anthemius 16
Olybrius 14
Glycerius 16
Julius Nepos 17
Romulus Augustulus 14
Valentinian get's my vote for being both a decent (if a little arrogant) emperor, being the last really good emperor in the West, and for having one of the funnier deaths of any emperor on the list.
Commodus is terrible, and I still think he's worst emperor out of any.