The Roman Emperors.
THE ROMAN EMPERORS.
IN the study of these volumes a table is useful, such as I find it convenient to place here, showing the Ante-Nicene succession of Cæsars.
A.D.
1. AUGUSTUS—1
2. TIBERIUS—14
3. CALIGULA—37
4. CLAUDIUS—41
5. NERO—54
6. GALBA—68
7. OTHO—69
8. VITELLIUS—69
9. VESPASIAN—69
10. TITUS—79
11. DOMITIAN—81
12. NERVA—96
13. TRAJAN—98
14. HADRIAN—117
15. ANTONINUS PIUS—138
16. MARCUS AURELIUS—161
17. COMMODUS—180
18. PERTINAX—192
19. DIDIUS JULIANUS (NIGER)—193
20. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS—193
21. CARACALLA (GETA)—211
22. MACRINUS—217
23. HELIOGABALUS—218
24. ALEXANDER SEVERUS—222
25. MAXIMINUS—235
26. GORDIAN—235
27. PUPIENUS (BALBINUS)—235
28. GORDIAN THE YOUNGER—238
29. PHILIP—244
30. DECUIS—249
31. GALLUS (VOLUSIANUS)—251
32. VALERIAN—254
33. GALLIENUS—260
34. CLAUDIUS II—268
35. AURELIAN—270
36. TACITUS (PROBUS)—275
37. FLORIAN—276
38. CARUS (CARINUS, NUMERIAN)—282
39. DIOCLETIAN—284
40. MAXIMIAN (GALERIUS)—286
41. CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS—292
42. MAXIMIN—306
43. CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (LICINIUS, ETC.)—307
Suetonius includes Julius, and therefore his Twelve Cæsars end with Domitian, the last of the Flavian family. With Nerva the "five good emperors" (so called) begin, but the "good Aurelius" was a persecutor. St.
John, surviving the cruelty of Domitian, lived and died under Trajan.
The "vision of Constantine" is dated, at Treves, A.D. 312.
The Labarum became the Roman standard thenceforth.
The Dominical ordinance dates from Milan, June 2, A.D. 321.
He founds the city of Constantinople A.D. 324, convokes the Council of Nicæa A.D. 325.