Who was the best Roman Emperor? Pro-tip: not Augustus

Trajan

>>136685651
Claudius

Augustus....fuck!

St. Theodosios I Augustus

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>>136685651
Titus

>>136685651
Caesar if you want to count him as an option, otherwise Trajan.

>>136685651
Aurelian

Nero. Fun parties.

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Caligula was fucking hilarious

Mostly affected elites, ordinary folks were usually spared

But more seriously: Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, Aurelian, Constantine, Augustus, Trajan are all solid picks

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>>136685819
And Bl. Karolus Magnus Imperator Augustus

Justinian.

Surprised no one suggested him yet.

I liked Domitian

>>136685651
Aurelian. Or maybe Hadrian. Mike Duncan has the idea that it should be discussed like greatest baseball player of all time. You have to break it down by career overall, or by peak season. Aurelian is the best peak season emperor, because he did the most in the least amount of time. But not best career, because his reign was short.

>>136686142
My nigger.

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Titus is /ourguy/ desu. The /pol/ approved Emperor. He put the kikes in their place.

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Caligula. He hated the jews with passion and accused them killing his father. Of course (((historians))) painted him as a madman later. That should sound familiar.

>>136685651
Marcus Aurelius because I'm so mainstream.

Drunk Thought: Maybe some of the best emperors history has forgotten. Like we know of Nero and Caligula because of how crazy they were. What if we had some ancient Ben Shapiro Emperor that allowed the empire to prosper because he didn't get super involved. I'm not AnCap by any means. But emperors got judged on conquering territory, coinage, and major laws passed. What if the people prospered better under certain emperors and we just didn't hear about it because history doesn't love boring sometimes.

History is a trip man.

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>>136690140
>Riots again erupted in Alexandria in AD 40 between Jews and Greeks. Jews were accused of not honoring the emperor. Disputes occurred in the city of Jamnia. Jews were angered by the erection of a clay altar and destroyed it. In response, Caligula ordered the erection of a statue of himself in the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem, a demand in conflict with Jewish monotheism. In this context, Philo wrote that Caligula "regarded the Jews with most especial suspicion, as if they were the only persons who cherished wishes opposed to his".

>Caligula issued a second order to have his statue erected in the Temple of Jerusalem. In Rome, another statue of himself, of colossal size, was made of gilt brass for such temple. The Temple of Jerusalem was then transformed into a temple for Caligula, and it was called the Temple of illustrious Gaius the new Jupiter".

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>>136685651
Julius Caesar