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• At the time of Jesus, Tiberius (A.D. 14-37) was the Roman Emperor.
• Then we have:
• the insane Caligula (A.D. 37-41),
• the sick but probably sane Claudius (A.D. 41-54),
• the psychopathic Emperor Nero (A.D. 54-68) who probably started the Great Fire of Rome and is renowned for his merciless persecution of Christians,
• the Year of the Four Emperors in which three Emperors (Galba, Otho and Vitellius) were all either murdered or committed suicide, followed by
• Vespasian (A.D. 69-79) who destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70 when he conquered Jerusalem,
• Titus (A.D. 70-81), the son of Vespasian,
• the insane and psychopathic Domitian (A.D. 81-96) who again mercilessly persecuted Jews and Christians,
• Nerva (A.D. 96-98),
• Trajan (A.D. 98-117), until finally, the reign of
• Hadrian, from A.D. 117-138.