List of Roman dynasties

This is a list of the dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire and its two succeeding counterparts, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.

List of Roman dynasties

DynastyPeriod of ruleRulers[a]
StartEndTermFirst to ruleLast to ruleList / Family tree
Dynasties of the Principate
Julio–Claudian dynasty27 BCE[1]68 CE[1]95 yearsAugustusNero(list)
(tree)
Flavian dynasty69 CE[1]96 CE[1]27 yearsVespasianDomitian(list)
(tree)
Nerva–Antonine dynasty[b]96 CE[2]192 CE[2]96 yearsNervaCommodus(list)
(tree)
Severan dynasty193 CE[3]235 CE[3]41 years[c]Septimius SeverusSeverus Alexander(list)
(tree)
Gordian dynasty238 CE[4]244 CE[4]6 yearsGordian IGordian III(list)
(tree)
Decian dynasty249 CE251 CE2 yearsDeciusHostilian(list)
Valerian dynasty253 CE268 CE15 yearsValerianGallienus(list)
Caran dynasty282 CE285 CE3 yearsCarusCarinus(list)
Dynasties of the Dominate
Constantinian dynasty[d]305 CE[5]363 CE[5]58 yearsConstantius Chlorus
(Western)
Constantine I
(Eastern)
Julian
(Western & Eastern)
(list)
(tree)
Valentinianic dynasty364 CE[6]392 CE[6]28 yearsValentinian I
(Western & Eastern)
Valens
(Eastern)
Valentinian II
(Western)
(list)
(tree)
Theodosian dynasty379 CE[7]457 CE[7]78 yearsTheodosius I
(Western & Eastern)
Valentinian III
(Western)
Marcian
(Eastern)
(list W) / (list E)
(tree)
Eastern (Byzantine) dynasties
Leonid dynasty457 CE[8]518 CE[8]61 yearsLeo IAnastasius I(list)
(tree)
Justinian dynasty518 CE[9]602 CE[9]84 yearsJustin IMaurice
and
Theodosius[e]
(list)
(tree)
Heraclian dynasty610 CE[10]711 CE[10]91 years[f]HeracliusJustinian II
and
Tiberius[g]
(list)
(tree)
Isaurian dynasty[h]717 CE[11]802 CE[11]85 yearsLeo IIIIrene of Athens(list)
(tree)
Nikephorian dynasty802 CE813 CE11 yearsNikephoros IMichael I Rangabe
and
Theophylact[i]
(list)
(tree)
Amorian dynasty[j]820 CE[12]867 CE[12]47 yearsMichael IIMichael III(list)
(tree)
Macedonian dynasty867 CE[12]1056 CE[12]189 yearsBasil ITheodora Porphyrogenita(list)
(tree)
Komnenid dynasty[k]1057 CE[13]1185 CE[13]106 years[l]Isaac I KomnenosAndronikos I Komnenos
and
John Komnenos[m]
(list)
(tree)
Doukid dynasty1059 CE[14]1078 CE[14]19 yearsConstantine X DoukasMichael VII Doukas(list)
(tree)
Angelid dynasty1185 CE[15]1204 CE[15]19 yearsIsaac II AngelosAlexios V Doukas(list)
(tree)
Laskarid dynasty[n]1204 CE1261 CE57 yearsTheodore I LaskarisJohn IV Laskaris(list)
(tree)
Palaiologan dynasty1259 CE[18]1453 CE[18]194 yearsMichael VIII PalaiologosConstantine XI Palaiologos(list)
(tree)

Graphical representation

Palaiologan dynastyLaskarid dynastyAngelid dynastyKomnenid dynastyDoukid dynastyKomnenid dynastyMacedonian dynastyAmorian dynastyNikephorian dynastyIsaurian dynastyHeraclian dynastyHeraclian dynastyJustinian dynastyLeonid dynastyTheodosian dynastyValentinianic dynastyConstantinian dynastyGordian dynastySeveran dynastyNerva–Antonine dynastyFlavian dynastyJulio-Claudian dynasty

See also

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