ROMANPORTRAITURE
was one of the most significant periods in the development of portrait art.

By the imperial age, though they were often realistic depictions of human anatomy, portrait sculpture of Roman emperors were often used for propaganda purposes and included ideological messages in the pose, accoutrements, or costume of the figure. Since most emperors from Augustus on were deified, some images are somewhat idealized. The Romans also depicted warriors and heroic adventures, in the spirit of the Greeks who came before them..

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The Roman Emperor

With the establishment of the principate system under Augustus,the imperial family and its circle soon came to monopolize official public statuary. Official imperial portrait types were principally displayed in sebasteia, or temples of the imperial cult, and were carefully designed to project specific ideas about the emperor, his family, and his authority. These sculptures were extremely useful as propaganda tools intended to support the legitimacy of the emperor's powers.

The EMPERORS

Augustus27BC14AD

AUGUSUS 27 BC - 14AD
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Tiberius1437

03-Tiberius 14-37
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Caligula3741

04 Caligula 37-41
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Claudius4154

05 Claudius 41-54
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Nero5468

006 Nero oo 54-68
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Galba6869

07 Galba 68-69
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otho69

08-otho 69
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Vitellius69

09 Vitellius 69
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Vespasian6979

10 Vespasian 69-79
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Titus7981

11 Titus 79-81
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Domitian8196

12-Domitian 81-96
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nerva9698

13-Nerva 96-98
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Traian98117

14-Traian 98-117
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HADRIAN11738

15-Hadrian 117-38
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antoninvsplus13861

16-Antoninvs Plus138-161
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LuciusAureliusVerus1

17-Lucius Aurelius Verus
161-169

MarcusAurelius161180

18-Marcus Aurelius
161-180

Commodus180192

19-Commodus 180-192
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Pertinax193

20-Pertinax 193
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DidiusJulian193

21-Didius Julianus 193
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aPesceniusNiger193

21a-Pescenius Niger 193
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bClodiusAlbinus193

21b-Clodius Albinus 193
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SeptimiusSeverus193211

22-Septimius Severus 193-211
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Geta209211

23-Geta 209-211
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Caracalla211217

24-Caracalla 211-217
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Macrinus217218

25-Macrinus 217-218
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Elagabalus218222

26-Elagabalus 218-222
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AlexanderSeverus222235

27-Alexander Severus
222-235

Maximinthrax235238

28-Maximin Thrax
235-238

GordianI238a

29-Gordian I 238.
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GordianII238

30-Gordian II 238
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Pupienus238

31-Pupienus 238
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Balbinus238

32-Balbinus 238
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GordianIII238244

33-Gordian III 238-244
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GordianIII1

34-philipp the arab
244-249

Decius249251

35-Decius
249-251

Hostilian251

36-Hostilian 251
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Gallus251253

37-Trebonianus Gallus
251-253

Aemilian253

38-Aemilian 253
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Valerian253259

39-Valerian 253-259
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Gallienus259268

40-Gallienus 259-268
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ClaudiusII268270

41-Claudius GOTHICUS II 268-270

Quintillus270

42-Quintillus 270
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Aurelian2702753

43-Aurelian 270-275
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Tacitus275276

44-Tacitus 275-276
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Florian276

45- Florian 276
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Probus276282

46-Probus 276-282
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Carus2822832

47 Carus-282-283
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Numeriansmall

48-Numerian - 283-284
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carinus283285

49-carinus 283-285
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Diocletian1

50-Diocletian 284-305
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Maximian1

51-Maximian 286-305
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ConstantiusIsmall1

52-Constantius I 305-306
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Galeriussmall1

53 Galerius
305 -311

Severussmall1

54-Severus
306-307

Maximian2ndtime1

55-Maximian-
2nd time
306-308

Maxentius1

56-Maxentius 306-312
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MaximinusDaiasmall1

57-Maximinus Daia 308-313
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Licinius311324orGalerius1

58-Licinius 311-324
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ConstantineI1

59-Constantine I 311-337
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ConstantineII1

60-Constantine II
337-340

ConstansI1

61-Constans
337-350

ConstantiusII337361

62-Constantius II
337-361

Julian361363

63-Julian 361-363
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ValentinianI364375

65-Valentinian I
364-375

Valens364378

66-Valens 364-378
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Gratian3753832

67-Gratian 375-383
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ValentinianII375392

68-Valentinian II
375-392

Theodosius379395

69-Theodosius
379-395

Maximus3833882

70-Maximus 383-388
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Eugenius392394

71-Eugenius 392-394
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ArcadiusEast395408

72-Arcadius (East) 395-408
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HonoriusWest3934233

73-Honorius (W) 393-423
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ConstantiusIII4212

74- Constantius III (W) -421
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Johannes423425

75- Johannes 423-425
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TheodosiusIIEast408450

76-Theodosius II (East)
408-450

ValentinianIII4254552

77-Valentinian III (West)
425-455

MarcianEast450457

78- Marcian (East)
450-45

PetroniusWest455

79-Petronius Maximus
(West) 455

AvitusWest455456

80-Avitus (W) 455-456
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MajorianWest457461

81-Majorian (West)
457-461

LeoIEast457474

82-Leo I (East)
457-474

SeverusWest461465

83-Libius Severus (W)
461-472

AnthemiusWest467472

84 - Anthemius (W)
467-472

OlybriusWest472

85-Olybrius (West)
472

GlyceriusWest473

86-Glycerius (West)
473

JuliusNeposWest473475

87- Julius Nepos (West)
473-475

LeoIIEast473474

88-Leo II (East)
473-474

ZenoEast474491first

89-Zeno (East)
474-491

RomulusAugustulusWest475476

90-Romulus Augustulus
(West ) 475-476

BasiliscusEast475476

91-Basiliscus (East)
475-476

ZenoEast1

92-Zeno (East) 2nd
time 474-491

AnastasiusIEast4915182

93-Anastasius I (East)
491-518

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94-Justin I (East)
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JustinianI5275654

95-Justinian I (East) 527-565