Roman Emperor Assessment
Use at least 2 actual print sources and at least 2 highly reputable web-based sources, which might include ABC-Clio and/or Facts On File. Include a bibliography as well (created in Noodletools .... see the tab on this guide for help).
Write a short (2 to 3 page TYPED) analytical essay about your of this emperor in which you address the following questions. Include a thesis statement.
You will also be expected to give a short (3 minute) oral presentation. Presentations will be in class.
ROMAN EMPERORS
Julio-Claudians
(31 or) 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. Augustus
14 - 37 Tiberius
37 - 41 Caligula
41 - 54 Claudius
54 - 68 Nero
Flavian Dynasty
69 - 79 Vespasian
79 - 81 Titus
81 - 96 Domitian
5 Good Emperors
96 - 98 Nerva
98 - 117 Trajan
117 - 138 Hadrian
138 - 161 Antoninus Pius
161 - 180 Marcus Aurelius
193 Pertinax
193 Didius Julianus
193 - 194 Pescennius Niger
193 - 197 Clodius Albinus
Severans
193 - 211 Septimius Severus
198/212 - 217 Caracalla
217 - 218 Macrinus
218 - 222 Elagabalus
222 - 235 Severus Alexander
(Emperors in pd. of decline/ upheaval)
235 - 238 Maximinus
238 Gordian I and II
238 Balbinus and Pupienus
238 - 244 Gordian III
244 - 249 Philip the Arab
249 - 251 Decius
251 - 253 Gallus
253 - 260 Valerian
254 - 268 Gallienus
268 - 270 Claudius Gothicus
270 - 275 Aurelian
275 - 276 Tacitus
276 - 282 Probus
282 - 285 Carus Carinus Numerian
285-ca.310 Diocletian
295 L. Domitius Domitianus
297-298 Aurelius Achilleus
303 Eugenius