Famous Emperors

• Akihito

  Emperor of Japan, 1989-2019

• Alexander the Great

  The mighty Macedonian conqueror of the ancient world

• Augustus

  The first and greatest Emperor of Rome

• Bonaparte, Napoleon

  The French military genius and Emperor of the 1800s

• Caligula

  Debauched emperor of ancient Rome

• Charlemagne

  Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor

• Claudius

  Roman emperor and star of the book I, Claudius

• Constantine I

  The first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire

• Hadrian

  Builder of Hadrian's Wall

• Haile Selassie

  Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930-74

• Julius Caesar

  The most famous of Roman generals

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

  The ruler of Germany during World War I

• Marcus Aurelius

  The Roman emperor who wrote Meditations

• Montezuma II

  The leader of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest

• Nero

  The emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned"

• Tiberius

  Successor to Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome

• Titus Flavius Vespasianus

  Roman emperor, 79-81 A.D.

• Wu Chao

  Empress of China during the Tang Dynasty

See: Index by Occupation