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Julio-Claudian

Series of Roman Emperors who ruled from 27 B.C. to A.D. 68, when the last of their line, Nero, was assassinated. The Julio-Claudian dynasty is so named from the nomina or family names of its first two emperors: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and Tiberius Claudius Nero.

members of the dynasty:

Augustus (27 B.C. - A.D. 14 )

Tiberius (14 - 37)

Caligula (37 - 41)

Claudius (41 - 54)

Nero (54 - 68)

Julio-Claudian Family Tree

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