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 Byzantine Empire. Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.

List of Roman dynasties

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from: -27 till: 68 color:PP text:"Julio-Claudian dynasty "
from: 69 till: 96 color:PP text:"Flavian dynasty "
from: 96 till: 192 color:PP text:"Nerva–Antonine dynasty "
from: 193 till: 235 color:PP text:"Severan dynasty "
from: 238 till: 244 color:PP text:"Gordian dynasty "
from: 249 till: 251 color:PP text:"Decian dynasty "
from: 253 till: 268 color:PP text:"Valerian dynasty "
from: 282 till: 285 color:PP text:"Caran dynasty "
from: 305 till: 363 color:PP text:"Constantinian dynasty "
from: 364 till: 392 color:PP text:"Valentinian dynasty "
from: 379 till: 457 color:PP text:"Theodosian dynasty "
from: 457 till: 518 color:PP text:"Leonid dynasty "
from: 518 till: 602 color:PP text:"Justinian dynasty "
from: 610 till: 695 color:PP text:"Heraclian dynasty "
from: 705 till: 711 color:PP text:"Heraclian dynasty "
from: 717 till: 802 color:PP text:"Isaurian dynasty "
from: 802 till: 813 color:PP text:"Nikephorian dynasty "
from: 820 till: 867 color:PP text:"Amorian dynasty "
from: 867 till: 1056 color:PP text:"Macedonian dynasty "
from: 1057 till: 1059 color:PP text:"Komnenid dynasty "
from: 1059 till: 1078 color:PP text:"Doukid dynasty "
from: 1081 till: 1185 color:PP text:"Komnenid dynasty "
from: 1185 till: 1204 color:PP text:"Angelid dynasty "
from: 1205 till: 1261 color:PP text:"Laskarid dynasty "
from: 1259 till: 1453 color:PP text:"Palaiologan dynasty "
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