Index : Emperors of Rome

Now that the number of articles on SullaCoins is greater than 375 - I am finding that having an index is useful. I posted an index to the life of Sulla (Link: Index to Sulla) a few months ago, and I am adding with this post and "Index to the Roman Emperors".

Index: Emperor → relevant SullaCoins articles

(Multiple articles where applicable; citations are clickable links to the specific posts.)

Julio‑Claudian (27 BCE–68 CE)

• Augustus : Triumphs of Augustus; Standards Restored; Crocodiles and Romans.

• Tiberius : Tiberius’ Cucumbers. (Also notes the Julio‑Claudian succession, mentioning Caligula and Claudius.)

• Caligula (Gaius) : Mentioned in context in Tiberius’ Cucumbers (see above).

• Claudius : Messalina (imperial household, Claudian context).

• Nero : Periodonikes (games victor); Nero Returns.

Year of Four Emperors (69 CE)

• Galba : Galba: First of Four Emperors in 69 AD. (Includes Otho & Vitellius material.)

• Otho : Context in Galba: First of Four Emperors in 69 AD; overview in Romans in Judaea.

• Vitellius : Context in Galba: First of Four Emperors in 69 AD; overview in Romans in Judaea.

Flavian (69–96)

• Vespasian : Vespasian in Alexandria; Coins of Vespasian from Ephesus.

• Titus : Mentioned (Alexandrian context) in Vespasian in Alexandria.

• Domitian : Discussed iconographically in Sol Invictus (Domitian‑styled Apollo/Helios on Cilician bronze).

Nerva–Antonine (96–192)

• Nerva : Nerva: Succession & Reign.

• Trajan : Trajan Aims for Parthia; Invite to a Birthday (Vindolanda tablet, Roman Britain) (card links from the blog index).

• Hadrian : Hadrian’s Stable Earth – Tellus stabilita; Father of the Country (P.P. title); Hadrian’s statue of Osiris Hydreios; Nakrasa, Lydia; Zeus‑Serapis?; imperial‑cult context in A Crown of Deified Emperors.

• Antoninus Pius : Perseus, St. Paul, and Antoninus Pius; Ludi Saeculares (Rome’s secular games).

• Marcus Aurelius : Philosophical/solar context in Sol Invictus; family context in Faustina the Younger.

• Lucius Verus : Rome v. Parthia (AD 161–166).

• Commodus : Commodus, the Best of Men.

Severans & Year of Five Emperors (193)

• Pertinax : Context in Commodus, the Best of Men; also in Joyful Arrival of the Emperor.

• Didius Julianus : Context in Commodus, the Best of Men; Joyful Arrival of the Emperor.

• Pescennius Niger : Penalties/favor politics in First, Greatest and Most Beautiful; local “brotherly love” games in Games of Brotherly Love; Syrian settlement in City of the Sun.

• Septimius Severus : Early issues/chronology in Joyful Arrival of the Emperor; eastern campaigns in The End of Parthia; Syrian/Cilician changes in City of the Sun.

• Clodius Albinus : Saeculum Frugiferum; allied/chronology notes in Joyful Arrival of the Emperor.

• Caracalla : Sibling Rivalry; Parthian context in The End of Parthia; diplomatic treachery in Founder of the Sasanian Empire.

• Geta : Sibling Rivalry.

• Macrinus : Overthrown backdrop in Son of Caracalla (Elagabalus).

• Elagabalus (Heliogabalus) : Solar types in Sol Invictus; imperial‑cult crowns in A Crown of Deified Emperors.

• Severus Alexander : The Last Severan Emperor; also referenced in A Crown of Deified Emperors.

Third‑Century Crisis (235–284) — representative posts

• Maximinus Thrax : Mentioned as the series continues into his reign in A Crown of Deified Emperors.

• Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, & Balbinus : The Year of Six Emperors

• Gordian III : Mt. Argaeus, Gordian III, and Shapur I.

• Trajan Decius : What is this coin? (provincial; attribution case study).

• Trebonianus Gallus & Volusian : Deliverance from Disease.

• Valerian : Background to 260 in Gallienus and Usurpers in AD 260.

• Gallienus : Gallienus and Usurpers in AD 260; Gallienus Regnal Year 8; Hope by any other name…; Provenance Rediscovered.

• Claudius II Gothicus : Provenance Rediscovered (Constantinian ancestry claim and Divus Claudius commemorative).

• Aurelian : Solar cult context in Sol Invictus; monetary aftermath in Low Cost LRBs; spouse profile Severina, Empress.

• Tacitus, Florian, Probus : Succession and EQVITI series in EQVITI Coins of Probus.

• Postumus (Gallic emperor) : Postumus, Romano‑Gallic Emperor.

Tetrarchy & Constantine (284–337) — representative posts

• Maxentius; Maximinus Daia : Narrative framing in The Battle of Milvian Bridge.

• Licinius : Constantine vs. Licinius (Adrianople); also background in The Battle of Milvian Bridge.

• Constantine the Great : The Battle of Milvian Bridge; A Nose for Leadership?.

• Constantius II (and Constans, in passing) : FEL‑TEMP types in Low Cost LRBs; revolt issue in The Usurper Usurped.

Late 4th–5th c. (post‑Theodosius I)

• Theodosius I : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Arcadius : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Honorius : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Theodosius II : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Valentinian III : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Anthemius : Aelias, Flaccilla & Eudoxia.

• Constantius III; Petronius Maximus; Avitus; Majorian; Libius Severus; Olybrius; Glycerius; Julius Nepos; Romulus Augustulus — (no dedicated coverage found in the blog corpus).

Major usurpers / breakaway emperors covered on SullaCoins

• Clodius Albinus : Saeculum Frugiferum.

• Postumus : Postumus, Romano‑Gallic Emperor.

• Macrianus & Quietus : Gallienus and Usurpers in AD 260; Gallienus Regnal Year 8.

• Aureolus : Postumus, Romano‑Gallic Emperor (coins struck in Postumus’ name).

• Magnentius & Decentius : The Usurper Usurped.

• Vetranio : The Usurper Usurped.

Later / Byzantine emperors on SullaCoins (beyond 476)

• Anastasius I : Gold Rush (solidus; CONOB; bronze reform context).

• Heraclius : Heraclius & a Sicilian Countermark.

• Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus : Constantine VII, Born in the Purple.

• Also pictured/mentioned: John I Tzimiskes; Basil II & Constantine VIII — see Constantine VII, Born in the Purple. (Sulla Coins)

I am also working on an index by city (for Greek & Roman Provincial coins) and an index by Crawford number (for RR Coins).