Category:Emperors of Rome

This is a parent category for the OTL and Alternate Timeline categories of characters who held the position of Roman Emperor. Characters should not be added to this category directly, but to one of the subcategories.

The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC). The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor. If a man was "proclaimed emperor" this normally meant he was proclaimed augustus, or (for generals) imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives). Several other titles & offices were regularly accumulated by emperors, such as caesar, princeps senatus, consul and pontifex maximus. The power of emperors was generally based on the accumulation of powers from republican offices and the support of the army.

The Western Roman Empire ended in 476 and the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453.

See also: Byzantine Emperors for the rulers of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire.