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I don't know if it is a right place for posting this kind of question, if not, please pardon me.

 

 

Marcus Aurelius, Caracalla, Diocletian, Constantine, Trajan, Hardrian, Vespasian, Commodus, Claudius, Augustus, Titus were Emperors all of Roman. Can anyone tell me who in the list are good, who are bad? And why?

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Another way of doing this is to go with the general opinion of the Romans themselves, with the caveat that the historians that we get these opinions from were hardly neutral observers

 

Marcus Aurelius - No recorded major objections to either character or governance

Caracalla - Generally regarded as a vicious, fratricidal individual, but a reasonable emperor, at least on the military side

Trajan - generally regarded as as good as it gets

Hadrian - The Romans liked him a lot less than posterity. Seen as vindictive, having strange sexual inclinations, and being too clever by half

Commodus - Generally considered a human disaster area, and the worst emperor since Nero

Vespasian - earthy, full of common sense, tight-fisted. Overall, a positive report

Titus - very positive, but it is acknowledged that his bad side (if any) did not have time to show

 

Diocletian, Constantine, Claudius, Augustus - all highly controversial and good or bad depending which Romans you asked. Augustus was seen as brilliant, but finished his adoptive father's job of destroying Republican liberty.

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