Visualising the lifetimes (and deaths) of major Roman Emperors

(by Reddit user: u/Western-Flatworm-537)

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Dark History of the Roman Emperors by Michael Kerrigan, 2012

Five of the first eleven emperors of Rome were assassinated and another two killed themselves rather than face the fury of their subjects.

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@infobeautiful The Roman Empire was pretty much in a constant state of collapse for its entire history, with only a few exceptions.
Roman Emperors, Up To AD 476 And Not Including Usurpers, In Order Of How Hardcore Their Deaths Were

by Josh Fruhlinger84–65 (tie). Titus (died in AD 81), Nerva (98), Trajan (117), Hadrian (138), Antoninus Pius (161), Marcus Aurelius (180), Septimius Severus (211), Tacitus (276), Constantius I (306), Gallerius (311), Constantine I (337), Constantius II (361), Theodosius ...

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From the 17th to the 63rd and last, I'd only heard of 3.

Only one emperor ruled longer than the 2nd by more than a year, and none ruled longer than the 1st.