Favorite Roman Emperor? - Hadrian Built the Wall, Elagabalus trooned out...

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Antoninus Pius

Nigga took his responsibility as seatwarmer until Marcus Aurelius was ready seriously. Built a wall and left a huge amount of gold in the treasury when he shuffled off to godhood
 
I know this doesn't count but I'm going with Caesar. The title was always complicated at the beginning anyway. Tacitus said they essentially had recurring consulship where they were theatrically "elected" by Senate
 
Marcian, for counterattacking the Huns exclusively so the Germanics were free take most of Europe and invent Western Civilisation. There's a direct line from Germanic tribal customs to the US Constitution, they basically invented freedom as we know it today which made the West the most inventive society ever.

Best Emperor for Rome itself? I'll pick Aurelian like most others in this thread. Basically saved their disaster campaign and put everything back on track.
 
Here's a wild card for you, my actual favorite is either Trajan or Aurelian, but I am going to be bold and say that Titus had serious potential, if he lasted longer than 2 years.
 
Diocletian for fixing the Third Century Crisis and actually managing to retire into old age (and keeping his pimp-ass palace in Croatia pristine into the present day!)
 
Commodus because he single handedly fucks everything his father did, ruins their legacy over glorified LARPing, and he even tried to change the name of Rome after himself. Dude was so far up his own ass, in my opinion more so than Nero
 
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Magnus Maximus because it's a chad name and he helped fight off the great conspiracy.
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Here in Bongland, Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig) is part of a lot of old British legend because he handed over power from the Empire to the British petty kings and started the process that led to Britain becoming independent of Rome.
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For me, it has to be either Constantine the Great and Justinian. The first ended the persecution of Christians, and the second reconquered a lot of the Empire from the Germanic tribes, as well as playing a major part in the downfall of Arianism.
 
Aurelian reunited the Empire and beat back all the tribes attacking it within five years, and only lost one province in the process. By any standard, that's pretty insane. Augustus was probably the best statesman, though.
 
big jeff said:
I know this doesn't count but I'm going with Caesar. The title was always complicated at the beginning anyway. Tacitus said they essentially had recurring consulship where they were theatrically "elected" by Senate
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Not an Emperor, but definitely on my short list for most fantastically based man ever to draw breath.
 
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Ave, true to Caesar.
Well, serious talking: Aurelius is one of my favorites, but Augustus founded the Empire.
 
Titus Vespasian, because Titus was my Roman name in Latin class. Sacked Jeruselem, took the jewish queen as a mistress, ended political "treason" trials that Nero and Caligula used to get rid of any senator who they didn't like.

He finished the coliseum and ran free games for 100 days and invented the ancient Roman t-shirt cannon, (it was a small catapult that launched wooden balls with prizes written on them and whomever caught it could redeem it for the prize)

He was known for his charity, he gave relief to the survivors of Pompeii and the fire in Rome in 80ad.

He died after 2 years before he did anything really unpopular and was fondly remembered.
 
Or his father, they were both pretty good
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