Church Fathers: Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 6: 6.08.01 The Roman Emperors

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Church Fathers: Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 6: 6.08.01 The Roman Emperors



TOPIC: Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 6 (Other Topics in this Collection)
SUBJECT: 6.08.01 The Roman Emperors

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The Roman Emperors

In the study of these volumes a table is useful, such as I find it convenient to place here, showing the Ante-Nicene succession of Caesars.



A.D. 1. Augustus 1 2. Tiberius 14 3. Caligula 37 4. Claudius 41 5. Nero 54 6. Galba 68 7. Otho 69 8. Vitellius 69 9. Vespasian 69 10. Titus 79 11. Domitian 81 12. Nerva 96 13. Trajan 98 14. Hadrian 117 15. Antoninus Pius 138 16. Marcus Aurelius 161 17. Commodus 180 18. Pertinax 192 19. Didius Julianus (Niger) 193 20. Septimius Severus 193 21. Caracalla (Geta) 211 22. Macrinus 217 23. Heliogabalus 218 24. Alexander Severus 222 25. Maximinus 235 26. Gordian 235 27. Pupienus (Balbinus) 235 28. Gordian The Younger 238 29. Philip 244 30. Decuis 249 31. Gallus (Volusianus) 251 32. Valerian 254 33. Galleinus 260 34. Claudius II 268 35. Aurelian 270 36. Tacitus (Probus) 275 37. Florian 276 38. Carus (Carinus, Numerian) 282 39. Diocletian 284 40. Maximian (Galerius) 286 41. Constantius Chlorus 292 42. Maximin 306 43. Constantine the Great (Licinius, etc.) 307

Suetonius includes Julius, and therefore his Twelve Caesars end with Domitian, the last of the Flavian family. With Nerva the “five good emperors” (so called) begin, but the “good Aurelius” was a persecutor. St. John, surviving the cruelty of Domitian, lived and died under Trajan.

The “vision of Constantine” is dated, at Treves, A.D. 312.

The Labarum became the Roman standard thenceforth.

The Dominical ordinance dates from Milan, June 2, A.D. 321.

He founds the city of Constantinople A.D. 324, convokes the Council of Nicaea A.D. 325.