Publius Aelius Hadrianus(AD 76 – AD 138) Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January AD 76, probably at Rome, though his family lived in Italica in Baetica. Having originally come from Picenum in north-eastern when this part of Spain was opened up to Roman settlement, Hadrian’s family had lived in Italica for some three …
Marcus Ulpius Trajanus(AD 52 – AD 117) Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was born on 18 September at Italica near Seville, most likely in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the first emperor not to come from Italy. Although he was from an old Umbrian family from Tuder in northern Italy which had chosen …
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus(AD ca. 159 – AD 238) Marcus Gordianus was born in ca. AD 159 as the son of Maecius Marullus and Ulpia Gordiana. Although the names of this parentage are in doubt. In particular his mother’s supposed name Ulpia stems most likely from Gordian’s claim that she was a descendant of …
Marcus Cocceius Nerva(AD 30 – AD 98) Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born on 8 November at Narnia, 50 miles north of Rome. Nerva was born into the household of a wealthy lawyer whose family was well accustomed to holding high office. Nerva’s great-grandfather had even been consul in 36 BC and his grandfather had been …
Titus Flavius Domitianius( AD 51 – 96) Titus Flavius Domitianius was the younger son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla, born in AD 51 at Rome. He was the younger and the clearly less favoured son of Vespasian who cared much more for his heir Titus. During his father’s uprising against Vitellius in AD 69, Domitian …
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus(AD 40 – 81) Titus, the elder son of emperor Vespasian, was born in AD 39.He was educated together with Claudius‘ son Britannicus, who became a close friend of his. From AD 61 to 63 he served in Germany and Britain as a military tribune. After this he returned to Rome and …