Julio-Claudian dynasty

The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the series of the first five Roman Emperors. They ruled the Roman Empire from 27 BC to AD 68, when the last of the line, Nero, committed suicide.

Dynastic relations

The dynasty is so named from the nomina or family names of its first two emperors: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Claudius Nero. The ruling line was founded upon an alliance between these two families, initially started through the marriage of Augustus to Livia, mother of Tiberius. See the Julio-Claudian family tree for the family relationships of these rulers, and their (dynastic) relation to Julius Caesar.

Emperors of the dynasty

1. Augustus (27 BC–AD 14)
2. Tiberius (14–37)
3. Caligula (37–41)
4. Claudius (41–54)
5. Nero (54–68)

See also

Roman Emperors by Epoch (see also: List - Concise List - Roman Empire)

PRINCIPATE  CRISIS of the   3rd Century   DOMINATE  LATE EMPIRE Julio-Claudian dynasty Four Emperors 68-69 Flavian dynasty Nervan-Antonian dynasty Five Good Emperors Severan Dynasty Barracks Emperors Illyrian Emperors Gallic Emperors (most Tetrarchies) Constantine Dynasty - Brittanic Emperors Valentinian Dynasty Theodosian Dynasty (Tetrarchy, unifica- tion and final split) Emperors of the Western Empire Byzantine Emperors

-> (Italy:) Barbarian Kings -> (Much later in Western Europe:) Holy Roman Emperors -> (Continuing in Eastern Europe:) Byzantine Emperors

See also: Julio-Claudian dynasty, 14, 27 BC, 37, 41, 54, 68, Barbarian kings of Italy, Barracks Emperor