Throughout its long and eventful history, many emperors ruled the Roman Empire. Some of them failed to live up to the task. Others were simply …
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Rome's Famous "Five Good Emperors"
Widely considered the best rulers of ancient Rome, the Five Good Emperors brought prosperity to the Empire, taking Roman civilization to its apex.
One of Rome’s most famous rulers, the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is widely considered a model stoic, an ideal representative of …
While Trajan was lauded as Optimus Princeps, the best of emperors, his reputation was forged in blood and an empire nourished by the spoils of war.
Hadrian is famous as Rome’s traveling emperor. From the Black Sea and the Syrian Desert to northern Britain, Hadrian helped spread Roman culture …
