ROMAN EMPERORS RANKING

>Shit Tier
>Gallienus

Is it the 19th century? What a stupid opinion

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>>2292308
>Diocletian
>Mid Tier

>>2292308
>Valerian
>mid tier
>not low tier

>Diocletian
>mid tier

>>2292308
What tier is Mehmet

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>>2292517

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>God tier:
>Aurelian

WHERE'S MY MUSEUM OF ALEXANDRIA YOU STUPID SHIT

>>2292308
>Caligula
>better than Commodus
I don't think so

>no Heraclius
>no Justinian

>>2292308
God tier: Constantine I, Justinian I, Alexios I
Shit Tier: Everyone else

>Oh Emperor, My Emperor tier
Hadrian
Majorian
Augustus

>Underrated Tier
Vespasian
Claudius
Aurelian
Antoninus Pius
Tiberius

>Overrated but still good tier
Marcus Aurelius
Trajan
Constantine
Severus

>You may be retarded tier
Commodus
Elagabalus
Honorius

>Holy fuck what an asshole tier
Caracalla
Caligula
Maximinus Thrax
Galerius

>Died too soon tier
Julian the Apostate
Alexander Severus
Titus

>Misunderstood tier
Nero
Domitian
Constantius III

>>2293988
I forgot
>Cabbage Tier
Diocletian

>>2292308
>forgetting Majorian


>>2293988
Good post, though I don't think Claudius is underrated, his achievements are now recognized and all of that

God Tier:
>Basil II

High Tier:
>Justinian I
>Heraklios
>Komenos Dynasty

Died Too Young Tier:
> Nikephoros Phokas
>John Tizmiskes
>Constantine XI

Mid Tier:
>Leo III
>Maurice
>Theophilus
>Michael Palaiologos

Bad Tier:
>Justinian II
>Alexios III Angelos
>Michael Doukas

Shit Tier:
>Phokas
>Alexios IV Angelos
>John V Palaiologos/John Kantakouzenos

>go to France
>go to Nimes
>Roman stuff everywhere
>see supposedly the most intact Roman temple anywhere
>see a tower built in the first century AD
>climb all over an arena they still use for concerts
>buy Roman coin in gift shop, even has a little certificate of authenticity
>dated to 276 AD, has Tetricus II on it
>look up Tetricus
>this is literally all the information on him
>Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus (also seen as Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus but better known in English as Tetricus II) was the son of Tetricus I, Emperor of the Gallic Empire (270-274).

In 273, he was raised to the rank of Caesar,[1] with the title of princeps iuventutis, and in January 274 he started his first consulship, together with his father. After the defeat and deposition of his father in the autumn of 274, he appeared as a prisoner in Aurelian's triumph, but the emperor spared their lives.[2] According to some sources, he had also kept his senatorial rank.[3]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_II

How can a Roman emperor (Gallic emperor if we're being technical) be such a literally who?

>>2294046
>not liking the absolute madman that was Justinian II

>>2292308
where is romulus augustulus?

>>2294059
Warming Odoacer's bed

>>2294055
Several literal who's have held power throughout history.

>>2294055
To be fair, he was only in power for about a year, and over what was essentially a Gallic rebel state.

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>>2293929
>It's an x did the library of Alexandria episode

One true God tier
>Constantine

God tier:
>Aurelian
>Trajan
>Diocletian
>Hadrian
>Augustus

High tier:
>Domitian
>Quintillus
>Nerva
>Antoninus Pius
>Marcus Aurelius
>Septimus Severus
>Alexander Severus
>Stilicho

Mid tier:
>Titus
>Valerian

Bad tier:
>Caligula
>Maximinus
>Tiberius

Shit tier:
>Commodus
>Elagabalus
>Caracalla
>Nero

>>2293988
True Roman post. Mars smiles upon this poster and Venus will reward him with a qt gf.

>>2294046
>>2294475
Greek barbarian posts. Jupiter shakes his head in consternation.

Don't get anons who think Constantine is overrated. His campaign to make himself sole emperor was glorious and changed world history forever.

>>2294466
The museum of Alexandria was a college though

>>2293988
>Trajan
>overrated
everything else is top

>>2295518
He is though. Everyone always swoons about muh grand borders, muh dacia. But nobody looks at the long term costs of those campaigns.

Trajans push to Persia because he wanted to play Alexander was so costly, Rome never mounted another major offensive again. His pulling of troops from the Rhine allowed the germanic tribes to get restless. Just so he could claim Persia, which immediately had to be rolled back because Rome didn't have the ability to defend all that territory.

Plus while he was marching, he delegated a great deal of power to provincial governors, power that then had to be reconsolidated by Hadrian.

Trajan was good, but his policies ended up costing Rome and creating problems that Hadrian and Antoninus had to fix.

>>2294046
Gyro nigger go back to hellas

Zenobia, Empress of the Palmyrian Empire

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>>2293988
Nero did nothing wrong

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Dominate emperors > Principate emperors.

tbqh famalam.

>>2294055
>>see supposedly the most intact Roman temple anywhere
that's the pantheon...

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>>2296868
Republic > Principate > Kingdom > dominate > Byzantines

>no king caesar
Boi oughta slap u

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>>2296884
Monarchy>Dominate>Republic=Principate>mementines

>>2296955
The republic lasted the longest, other than the Byzantines.

>>2297140
>The republic lasted the longest, other than the Byzantines.

So not the longest

>>2297466
Well he said he didn't like Byzantines.

If you were going based on time, it would be like

Byzantines > Republic > Principate > Dominate > Monarchy

But the Byzantines weren't even real Romans. They weren't located in Rome, and they didn't have them seven hills.

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What the fuck is going on

>>2292308
Where the fuck is my boy Claudius?

>>2292308
Where is Mehmed II in god tier!

>>2297485
>They weren't located in Rome
Neither was the Western Roman government after the third century. They considered Rome itself to be a backwater money sink. Ravenna and Milan were the important western cities.

Also, the Byzantines did regain control of Rome for 200 years, would you consider them Romans just for that period?

It's such a fucking stupid point of view.

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>>2292308
>>2293988
>>2294475
>Caracalla shit tier

>>2294475
>Constantine
>Diocletian
Pick one

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>>2292308
>Diocletian
>mid tier

Shit list. Opinions discarded.

>>2297485
Just a reminder that the following cities were considered more important than Rome itself from the 2nd century AD.

Trier.
Milan.
Constantinople.
Salona.
Nicaea.
Antioch.
Alexandria.
Nicomedia.
Sirmium.
Aquileia.
Ravenna.
Carthage.

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>>2292308
>>2293988
>>2294046
>>2294475
hey guys why isnt ceasar on these lists?

>>2299756
>Constantinople.
>2nd century

>>2294046
>muh Greek heritage

>>2299782
I said from the 2nd century. Ravenna for example wasn't important until the 5th century.

>>2292308
>Caracalla
>Shit tier
Get out of here pleb

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>>2293988
You forgot Honorius's retard brother Arcadius in there

>hurr just let the goths go man lol what's the worst that could happen lol

he even looks like a fag

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>diocletian literally saved the empire and breathed another 100 years of life into it at least
>somehow doesn't get near the top on all of these lists

if there was a roman mt. rushmore, diocletian would be the abe lincoln

>>2302518
The problem with Diocletian is that he created a system that only he had the gravitas to keep together. The second he left it all went to shit again.

Then when asked to come back and fix it he was like "fuck you faggots I'm a cabbage farmer now"

But yea he may not be the greatest but he's certainly a great.

>>2302541
his actual reign had its ups and downs, but there's no denying he saved the empire from flying apart at an especially shitty time. that alone makes him high-tier at least.

>>2299756
>Salona
literally who?

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>>2294058
Good taste

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>>2302806
aye

>>2293988
Heraclius should probably be near the top tiers. Even though he got cucked and lost half of his empire to the Arabs he saved his empire from an worse cucking

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>>2292308
>Valerian
>mid tier

>>2292308
>severus
>high tier
Considered by gibbon to be the start of the empire's fall

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>>2293988
>misunderstood tier
>Nero
Kekked

>>2292308
Where the fuck is Claudius?

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>Byzantines arn't Roman

>>2293988
Caligula was based as fuck. Sure he was shitty in the sense that he was politically incompetent and totally insane. But he was balls to the wall nuts and there is something admirable about that. I mean Caligula named his fucking horse to the senate and declared war on the ocean. You literally cannot find another historical figure who had just the right combination of crazy and power to be as absolutely fucking legendary as Caligula is.

>>2303624
He was far from nuts. He was just, as stated, a massive asshole.

Naming his favorite horse to the Senate was a joke, namely pointing out just how useless the Senate was. He was telling this to the Senators.

The bit with the ocean was to embarrass the legionaries who refused to take part in an invasion of Britain. Stabbing the ocean was his way of making fun of them and telling them they feared nothing and made them carry a fuck ton of sand and sea shells back to rome as their war loot. Again, just to be an asshole.

The same goes to his fucking other people's wives. Long story short, he wasn't crazy. His bants were just ahead of his time.

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>>2302826
It took nearly a couple of minutes on paint, but I made it even better