The Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire
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Күн бұрынDid you know that the term Five Good Emperors is from the modern era? This video is all about five emperors of the Roman Empire that are collectively known as the good emperors.
The first of the five, Nerva, reigned from 96 to 98 CE, taking the throne after Domitian of the Flavian Dynasty had been assassinated. Trajan reigned from 98 to 117 and was regarded as a great emperor early on. Hadrian became an even more popular emperor than Trajan. Antoninus Pius, who reigned from 138 to 161, found favor with Hadrian early and was married to his niece Faustina the Elder, to whom he was famously devoted. Marcus Aurelius reigned from 161 to 180 and Lucius Verus between 161 and 169, and the two were almost complete opposites in character. Unlike his predecessors, Aurelius chose his son Commodus, his co-ruler, as heir but Commodus proved to be a disappointment, ending the period of the Five Good Emperors of Rome. According to some historians, Commodus’ reign marks the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire as well as it was followed by the chaotic time of the Year of the Five Emperors and, shortly after, the Crisis of the Third Century.
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 The Five Good Emperors of Rome
3:13 Nerva 96 - 98 CE
4:38 Trajan 98 - 117 CE
6:02 Hadrian 117 - 138 CE
7:09 Antoninus Pius 138 - 161 CE
8:14 Marcus Aurelius 161 - 180 CE
10:10 Outro
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Nerva
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Trajan
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Hadrian
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Antoninus Pius
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Marcus Aurelius
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@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Do you agree that these were the Five Good Emperors of Rome or would you choose others?
@spw947 10 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing.🙏🏼
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! We're glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂
@merlizaserna 10 ай бұрын
Great work, thanks!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Tekmirion 10 ай бұрын
Well done!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@michaelolsson5335 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work and let us hope for a Aussie win in soccer this evening!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks, Michael! Unfortunately no win for the Aussies, but we still did well. 😊
@krisv001 10 ай бұрын
Never knew where that quote came from .. (because they weren't that "good" except maybe for Marcus Aurelius). Thanks for the video!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
You're so welcome. 🙂
@cyclopediatv 10 ай бұрын
Nice sharing
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Chase_baker_1996 10 ай бұрын
Marcus Aurelius is my favorite Emperor
@quiquemarquez3211 10 ай бұрын
Mine is Aurelian(Restitutor Orbis) but damn Trajanus was optimums princeps indeed.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Ours too! Thanks for watching!
@KumarAnshs 9 ай бұрын
@@quiquemarquez3211Aurelian is my role model. A man who was not given any hand to emperorship, still became emperor, fixed the broken empire. Rebuilt the capital. A legend truly and a blessing to the Roman World
@ForgedFloki 6 ай бұрын
same here i own 2 copies of meditations :D
@KumarAnshs 6 ай бұрын
@@ForgedFloki bet you like talking about the books more than you actually read it.
@HistoryfortheAges 10 ай бұрын
I cover all 5 every semester. I do make sure to tell my students that they were not "good" to all. Just look at what Hadrian did to the Jews. Most of my students only know Marcus Aurelius b/c of the movie Gladiator 🤣
@artinrahideh1229 10 ай бұрын
Cinema usually ruins People's understanding of history
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
They each had their pros and cons, that's for sure. Thanks for watching!
@SocietyofUnconqueredLivers 10 ай бұрын
Ave Divus Nerva! Ave Divus Traianus! Ave Divus Hadrianus! Ave Divus Antoninus Pius! Ave Divus Marcus Aurelius!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@MultiCappie 10 ай бұрын
Kinda disagree with Machiavelli here, Aurelius, as the fool who nepotistically and tragically empowered Commodus, does not belong among the "good". Furthermore, Trajan to me stands quite apart from the remaining three, and I would further contend with Mr. Machiavelli, that the correct list of "Best Emperors" must also include non-emperor Julius Caesar and Augustus along with Trajan. And give me back my toaster, Niccolo!
@SocietyofUnconqueredLivers 10 ай бұрын
With all due respect, you're being a bit harsh regarding Marcus Aurelius. When Marcus named Commodus as the successor there was no way to truly know what would have happened. Commodus was a young man and would have probably turned out much differently if Marcus was able to be around more often rather than being on the battlefield. Marcus Aurelius was pulled away from being a father by His job which is why He tried to get other people to be good influences on Commodus. Couple this with the fact that choosing anyone other than His eldest son would have led to conflict and you see that really there was no choice. It would be unreasonable to not choose Commodus.
@MultiCappie 10 ай бұрын
@@SocietyofUnconqueredLivers With respect, I disagree. I will only grant that the term "good" is obviously a matter of opinion, and in this case Machiavelli's, and according to his knowledge and criteria. But you know my opinion. Reverting to nepotism is notable, even if it hadn't become the worst outcome in imperial history.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your opinion. We can see where you're coming from, but we do love Marcus Aurelius and think he earned a rightful spot on that list.
@llywrch7116 4 ай бұрын
@@WorldHistoryEncyclopediaIf we did not have Marcus Aurelius' _Meditations_, would we still feel the same about him? I think that work colors our opinion of that emperor, making him more sympathetic to modern historians than he might otherwise.
@lord_of_crabs 10 ай бұрын
as soon as i read the title i thought "huh, marcus aurelius, hadrian, antoninus pius, and... octavian?" and i could not for the life of me figure out who the 5th one was
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Haha, that would be Trajan and Nerva. 😉 Augustus wasn't officially placed on the list, although many believe he was the greatest Roman emperor.
@Alexander-kj1bk 8 ай бұрын
Augustus Ceasar is my favorite emperor of the roman Empire
@jeckyfreaky 10 ай бұрын
is that ezio's friend
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
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@jeckyfreaky 10 ай бұрын
machieveli was ezio friends in assassins creed 2 and assassins creed brotherhood 😅
@djpage7 9 ай бұрын
Trajan forever
@adamc1966 10 ай бұрын
Antoninus Pius...married to his niece...wow. 🙄
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Quite a common practice among the rich and powerful.
@circassianlondoner 10 ай бұрын
The Melbourne map to your right is not straight.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
Ha! Thanks for pointing that out.
@HVLLOWS1999 10 ай бұрын
Trajan & Marcus Aurelius were the best of the 5 not Hadrian the Micromaniger. Although he is one of the best of Rome.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 10 ай бұрын
In our opinion, he definitely earned his spot on the 'Five Good Emperors' list. Thanks for watching!
@thecat5872 Ай бұрын
The 5 good is a real misnomer they were hardly good 😂 Nerva barely was emperor he had to adopt Trajan who conquered Dacia modern Romania where the subjects committed suicide then he took their gold to build monuments then there’s the Greekling Hadrian who threw the Jews out of Israel creating modern day Palestine not so good, Antoninus never left Rome and was no friend to Christians last but not least M Aurelius who waged war for most of his time in office against ancient Europeans and then put Commodus in power ( groan) not so good 😂Cheers
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