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THE ROMAN EMPIRE
31 B.C.-68 A.D. The Julian and Claudian Caesars
Augustus, 31 B.C.-I4 A.D.
Tiberius, 14-37
Gaius (Caligula), 37-41
Claudius, 41-54
Nero 54-68
27 Octavian receives the title Augustus
4(?) Birth of Christ
A.D.
43-85 Conquest of Britain
64 The Great Fire in Rome; Nero's persecution of the Christians
68-69 The year of military revolution; Galba, Otho, and Vitellius emperors