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Depending how you define it, there were approximately 70 Roman emperors.

They were a mixed bag, ranging from philosophers to the insane and from generals to children.

Some of them were truly horrible, but some of them were actually pretty good at their job.

In particular, there were five consecutive emperors who reigned during the peak of Pax Romana.

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When talking about good Roman emperors, you have to put things into perspective. Being a good

emperor doesn't mean that they were necessarily good people. This is ancient Rome,

after all, where slavery was a massive institution, people were killed for sport in arenas,

and crucifixion was considered an acceptable form of execution. So when I say good,

it doesn't mean that they were saints, but rather they were good at their jobs, or at least

they weren't crazy. The term five good emperors was coined by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1531,

and then popularized by the 18th century English historian Edward Gibbon in his landmark book,

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With that, I should give you a quick

overview of the emperors who led up to the five good emperors. The Roman Empire is considered

to have started in the year 27 BC when the Senate gave Julius Caesar's posthumously adopted

son Octavian the title of Augustus. Augustus is widely considered to be the greatest Roman

emperor in history, as well as having been the longest serving. He was the first emperor in what

became known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Following Augustus, there was Tiberius, Caligula,

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