Who were the best and worst Roman emperors?

[Jovialis]

"On Patreon, one of the studied t-rolls receives on average US$200 per month."

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I guess that's a lot of money in some places!

[Angela]

No wonder the internet is such a cesspit.

In some places it is indeed a lot of money.

[Maciamo]

I finished reading Aetius: Attila's Nemesis, by Ian Hughes. This prompted me to add Valentinian III to the list of worst emperors.

Valentinian III (r. as Western emperor 425-455): Emperor at the age of 6, Valentinian III was a weak emperor, dominated most of his life by his mother Galla Placidia and later by his best general Flavius Aetius. From the 430's until hid death in 453, Aetius managed to crush 11 rebellions, including those of the Burgundians, Bacaudae (peasant insurgents) and Visigoths in Gaul, to seal a peace treaty with the Vandals after their capture of Carthage, and defeat the Hunnic invasion of Gaul in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Aetius's skills as a military commander and his ability to negotiate with barbarians saved the Western Roman Empire from implosion several times and kept in check the various Germanic kingdoms settled within the empire's borders (Franks, Burgundians, Visigoths, Suebi and Vandals). In 453, Valentinian was convinced by the jealous Roman senator Petronius Maximus and the chamberlain Heraclius to assassinate Aetius. Valentinian killed Aetius himself during a private meeting with him. This event caused Germanic tribes to relinquish their peace treaties with Rome and precipitated the collapse of the empire. The Vandals sacked Rome 9 months after Aetius's assassination. In the 23 years that followed Aetius's death, a succession of weak and short-lived emperors had to witness to disintegration of the empire until a Germanic leader, Odoacer, deposed the last Western Roman emperor in 476.

[Carlos]

Claudio, I read the book and saw the series

[Dema]

I see that many people fav. emperor is Octavian Augustus. I have to agree, he is one of my favorite also. Mostly because he avenged Caesar death and got rid of all betrayers!

With this chance i will present one of Augustus coins that i have since i love ancient coins..




Augustus AR Denarius. Lugdunum mint, 2 BC - AD 12. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head right / [AUGUSTI F]COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, two shields and two spears between them; above simpulum and lituus; CL CAESARES in exergue. RIC 207; RSC 43. 18,5 mm, 3,7 g.


I think portrait is really nice and it has this almost golden tone even tho its silver.. Very beautiful if you ask me : )