List of condemned Roman emperors
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Damnatio memoriae was the ancient Roman practice of erasing the names of disgraced individuals from public memory. The emperors listed below were erased from monuments by decree of the Senate.
Emperor | Reign | Notes | ||
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Caligula | 37–41 | |||
Nero | 54–68 | |||
Domitian | 81–96 | |||
Commodus | 177–192 | |||
Clodius Albinus | Usurper | |||
Geta | 209–211 | |||
Macrinus | 217–218 | |||
Diadumenian | 217–218 | |||
Elagabalus | 218–222 | |||
Severus Alexander | 222–235 | Only during the reign of Maximinus Thrax | ||
Maximinus Thrax | 235–238 | |||
Maximus I | Caesar only | |||
Philip the Arab | 244–249 | |||
Philip II | 247–249 | Philip the Arab's son | ||
Decius | 249–251 | |||
Herennius Etruscus | 251 | Decius' son | ||
Hostilian | 251 | Decius' son | ||
Aemilianus | 253 | |||
Gallienus | 253–268 | |||
Aurelian | 270–275 | |||
Probus | 276–282 | |||
Carus | 282–283 | |||
Carinus | 284–285 | |||
Numerian | 283–284 | |||
Diocletian | 284–305 | |||
Maximian | 286–305 | |||
Galerius | 305–311 | |||
Valerius Severus | 306–307 | |||
Maximinus II | 308–313 | |||
Maxentius | 306–312 | |||
Licinius | 308–324 | |||
Constantine II | 337–340 | |||
Constans | 337–350 | |||
Magnentius | Usurper | |||
Magnus Maximus | 383–388 |
References[]
Sir John Edwin Sandys – Latin Epigraphy (1927). [1]
Categories:
- Roman emperors to suffer posthumous denigration or damnatio memoriae