Five Good Emperors - Antonine Dynasty - 96-180

96 - 180 Five Good Emperors

1) Nerva
2) Trajan
3) Hadrian
4) Antonius Pius
5) Marcus Aurelius

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138 Antonius Pius becomes emperor.

161 Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor

164 Plague strikes the Empire

180 Marcus Aurelius dies. Commodus becomes emperor

192 Commodus is murdered.

Statue of Marcus Aurelius - Rome - Piazza del Campidoglio