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Roman Emperor Assessment (Bailey): Details of the Assignment

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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.

 Did he make the empire stronger? If so, how? Did he weaken or damage the empire?  If so, how?  Did he uphold and carry forth the concept of Princeps as defined by Augustus Caesar? What are the 3 most important developments during his reign?

You will also be expected to give a short (3 minute) oral presentation.  Presentations will be in class.                                                       

  • Claudius
  • Vespasian
  • Domitian
  • Nerva
  • Trajan   
  • Hadrian
  • Antoninus Pius
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Commodus
  • Septimus Severus
  • Caracalla              

Roman Emperors

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

 177/180 - 192 Commodus
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

 Tetrarchy

285-ca.310 Diocletian

295 L. Domitius Domitianus  
297-298 Aurelius Achilleus
303 Eugenius

306-07 Constantine

(CONSTANTINE 306-07)