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42 Cards in this Set
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27BC - 14AD
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Principate of Augustus (Octavian)
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14-37AD
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Principate of Tiberius
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37-41AD
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Principate of Gaius (Caligula)
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42-54AD
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Principate of Claudius
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54-68AD
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Principate of Nero
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68-69AD
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Year of four Emperors.
Nero Galba Otho Vitellius |
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70-79AD
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Principate of Vespasian
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79-81AD
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Principate of Titus
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81-96AD
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Principate of Domitian
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96-98AD
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Principate of Nerva
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98-117AD
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Principate of Trajan
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117-138AD
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Principate of Hadrian
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138-161AD
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Principate of Antoninus Pius
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161-180AD
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Reign of Marcus Aurelius
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180-192AD
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Reign of Commodus
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197-208AD
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Reign of Severus
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211-217AD
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Caracalla's Reign
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217-218AD
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Macrinus' reign
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218-222AD
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Reign of Elagabalus
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222-235AD
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Reign of Severus Alexander
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235-238AD
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Reign of Maximinus (murdered by the Praetorian Guard)
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238-244AD
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Reign of Gordian III
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244-249AD
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Reign of Philip the Arab
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249AD
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Decius is proclaimed emperor by the Danubian armies.
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249-251AD
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Reign of Decius
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251-253AD
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Reign of Gallus
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253-260AD
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Reign of Valerian
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260Ad
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Vaerlian's Persian expedition ends in disaster when he surrenders to Sharpur. Postumus proclaimed emperor in Gaul, creating the imperium Gallicum with a capital at Trier which endures for a decade.
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260-268AD
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Reign of Gallienus
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261AD
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Odenathus of Palmyra made dux orientis and leads successful war against the Persians.
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267-268AD
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Odenathus murdered. His power assumed by his widow Zenobia in the name of their son Vallabathus.
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268-270AD
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Reign of Claudius II 'Gothicus'
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270-275AD
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Reign of Aurelian
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275AD
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Aurelian is murdered by his own officers. Tacitus made emperor by the Senate.
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276-282AD
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Reign of Probus. Murdered by mutinous soldiers and replaced by Carus, the Praetorian Prefect.
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284-305AD
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Reign of Diocletian which saw the creation of the Tetrarchy
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306AD
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Constantine proclaimed emperor by the provincial army
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324-337AD
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Reign of Constantine as undisputed emperor.
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337AD
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Imperial power divided between Constantine's sons
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388AD
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Theodosius defeats Magnus Maximus. Valentinian II is undisputed western emperor until his death (392)
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407AD
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Army in Britain raises Constantine III to the throne
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476AD
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Last emperor of the West, Romulus Augustus, deposed by Odovacer who creates the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy
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