After Caesar followed the many emperors of Rome - and there were truly very many of them.
So, here are some of the most famous ones.
So, here are some of the most famous ones.
- Augustus- Rome's first emperor. He also added many territories to the empire.
- Claudius- He conquered Britain.
- Nero- He was insane. He murdered his mother and his wife and threw thousands of Christians to the lions.
- Titus- Before he was emperor he destroyed the great Jewish temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.
- Trajan- He was a great conqueror. Under his rule the empire reached its greatest extent.
- Hadrian- He built 'Hadrian's Wall' in the north of Britain to shield the province from the northern barbarians.
- Diocletian- He split the empire into two pieces - a western and an eastern empire.
- Constantine- He was the first Christian emperor. He united the empire again chose his capital to be the small town Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople.
- Romulus Augustus- He was the last emperor of Rome, nicknamed Augustulus which means 'little Augustus'.
- Justinian- He was the last 'great' emperor. He conquered many territories, created the 'Justinian Code' and built the fantastic church Santa Sophia.
- Constantine XI- The last emperor of Constantinople. He died defending his great city against the Turks.