Family tree of Roman emperors

This is a family tree of the Roman Emperors, showing only the relationships between the emperors.

27BC-AD192

The emperors from Augustus to Commodus can be organised into one large family tree with one non-related emperor (Galba). See also Julio-Claudian family tree.

AUGUSTUS
63BC - 27BC - AD14

Tiberius Nero
85-33BC

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
63-12BC

Julia the Elder
39BC-AD14

Tiberius
42BC-AD14-37

Nero Claudius Drusus
38BC-9BC

Lucius Aemilius Paullus
d. 14

Julia the Younger
19BC-AD28

Galba
3BC-AD68-69

Agrippina the Elder
14BC-AD33

Germanicus
16BC-AD19

Claudius
10BC-41-54

Marcus Torquatus

Aemilia Lepida
4BC-AD53

Vespasian
9-69-79

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
7-67

Caesonia
6-41

Caligula
12-37-41

Agrippina the Younger
15-59

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
17BC-AD40

Junia Calvina
15-79

Lucius Vitellius the Younger
16-69

Vitellius
15-69-69

Domitian
51-81-96

Domitia Longina
53-130

Ulpia

Marcus Ulpius Traianus
30-100

Marcia
33-100

Marcia Furnilla

Titus
39-79-81

Nerva
30-96-98

Cocceia

Titianus

Otho
32-69-69

Poppaea Sabina
30-65

Nero
37-54-68

Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer

Trajan
53-98-117

Ulpia Marciana
48-112

Salonina Matidia

Hadrian
76-117-138

Vibia Sabina
80-137

Rupilia
87-138

Marcus Annius Verus

Faustina the Elder
100-141

Antoninus Pius
86-138-161

Marcus Aurelius
121-161-180

Faustina the Younger
125-175

Commodus
171-180-192

Lucilla
148-182

Lucius Verus
130-161-169

192-235

The emperors from Pertinax to the beginning of the Crisis can be organised into one large dynasty (see Severan dynasty family tree), one smaller family and two unrelated emperors.

Pertinax
126-192-193

Didius Julianus
133-193-193

Septimius Severus
145-193-211

Julia Domna
170-217

Julia Maesa
165-224

Macrinus
165-217-218

Caracalla
188-198-217

Geta
189-209-211

Julia Soaemias
180-222

Julia Avita Mamaea
180-235

Diadumenian
r. 218

Elagabalus
203-218-222

Alexander Severus
208-222-235

Crisis

The emperors during the fifty-year period of the Crisis can be organised into seven families and seven unrelated emperors, although no family held power for more than six years.

Maximinus Thrax
173-235-238

Gordian I
159-238-238

Pupienus
178-238-238

Balbinus
165-238-238

Gordian II
192-238-238

Antonia Gordiana
b. 201

Philip the Arab
204-244-249

Decius
201-249-251

Trebonianus Gallus
206-251-253

Aemilianus
210-253-253

Gordian III
225-238-244

Valerian
200-253-260

Herennius Etruscus
227-251-251

Hostilian
230-251-251

Volusianus
r. 251-253

Claudius Gothicus
213-268-270

Quintillus
220-270-270

Gallienus
218-253-268

Aurelian
214-270-275

Tacitus
200-275-276

Florianus
r. 276

Probus
232-276-282

Carus
230-282-283

Carinus
r. 283-285

Numerian
r. 283-284

284-518

The emperors from the founding of the Dominate in 284, in the West until 476 and in the East until 518, can be organised into one large dynasty plus ten unrelated emperors.