Post your favorite Roman Emperor!

Vespasian. He built the Coliseum and put the Empire back on its feet after Nero ruined everything.

edited 17th Jan '11 1:07:30 PM by jewelleddragon

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Honestly all of the Julio-Claudians could go here. Augustus was a badass who pretty much defined what the Roman empire was in its early days. Tiberius...well, Tiberius was most just a gloomy old pederast, but he was okay. Caligula was so spectacularly insane they named a trope after him. Claudius inspired one of my favorite novels of all time  ^*

. And Nero was up there with Caligula in terms of crazy.

After these dudes, I'd have to go with Marcus Aurelius. He kept various barbarian invasions at bay and wrote books on stoic philosophy.

edited 17th Jan '11 1:33:06 PM by merton

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Justinian I, and yes, I know Byzantium isn't really the same but they do have a legitimate claim!

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Augustus. He initiated the Pax Romana after the war with Antony (unlike the dictatorships and civil wars of Sulla and Julius Caesar, which just led to more instability), formulated an acceptable constitution to replace the republic, gave the capital police and firefighters for the first time, and his reign had the best poets.

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Augustus for me, too. For the reasons listed above.

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Marcus Aurelius, for the reasons merton listed.

Caligula.

Augustus.

edited 18th Jan '11 10:42:33 AM by AlirozTheConfused

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Marcus Aurelius. A very wise individual.

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Diocletian!

He retired to grow cabbages.

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Augustus, I think. The reasons have already been covered.

Caligula, if only because the man was 100%, certifiably and undeniably bat-shit insane.

I'd say I like Hadrian over most of the other emperors.

Then again, if you want to go for insanity, I'd say that Elagabalus would have given Caligula a run for his money.

@Merton: Never read the novel — I ought to, shame on me — but I have seen the miniseries based on it. Depending on how historically accurate it is, he seems to have been remarkably level-headed, and gets my vote for favorite because of that.

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I dig Justinian I, though if you insist that I use the original Roman Empire, it's all about Augustus. Bad. Ass.

Caligula's pretty awesome, too, if only because a friend of mine has coined the word 'caligulate' as a synonym for 'fuck'.

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Augustus. He pretty much defined Rome. He made Rome the Badassery that they warns us about in history classes.

And Caligula is pretty much what happens when Crazy Awesome is bred into the real world and made a villain.

edited 19th Jan '11 8:17:06 AM by juancarlos11

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Also, he lived during the Republic, and therefore doesn't fit into this thread at all, but I'd like to give props to Scipio. That guy was awesome.

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Neil Gaiman wrote a comic about Elagabalus, an emperor whose name no one can decide on the spelling of.

And the Claudius of I, Claudius the novel and miniseries is apparently quite different from the historical Claudius, who was a good deal more mean-spirited. But he still makes a great character.

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Augustus, for reasons already said.

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Augustus, definitely. Guy brought peace and prosperity after a traumatic period of civil war, also he promoted the fine arts.

Nero, because he was hilariously crazy. I honestly don't know anything about the good emperors, and I don't care. I want to learn more about the insane power-drunk emperors because they are far more entertaining to read about.

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@Merton: He also wrote a comic about Augustus that was sad.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."

Moogi, I might have to also use "caligulate" to mean "fuck" now, as well. That's just awesome.

Go on ahead. I'll let my friend who came up with it know that she may very well have started a meme.

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Manuel I Komnenos of the Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman Empire Basileia ton Rhomaion.

My reasoning is that the Byzantine Empire was still technically the Roman Empire, and Manuel I Komnenos is no less than awesome in multiple counts. Warrior King, The Chessmaster, A Father to His Men, The General, Knight in Shining Armor...

His only huge failure was Myriocephalae... and even then, the Turks were still afraid of the Empire when he was still alive.

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