This is a list of the dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire and its two succeeding counterparts, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.

List of Roman dynasties DynastyPeriod of ruleRulersStartEndTermFirst to ruleLast to ruleList / Family treeDynasties of the PrincipateJulio–Claudian dynasty27 BCE68 CE95 yearsAugustusNero(list)(tree)Flavian dynasty69 CE96 CE27 yearsVespasianDomitian(list)(tree)Nerva–Antonine dynasty96 CE192 CE96 yearsNervaCommodus(list)(tree)Severan dynasty193 CE235 CE41 yearsSeptimius SeverusSeverus Alexander(list)(tree)Gordian dynasty238 CE244 CE6 yearsGordian IGordian III(list)(tree)Dynasties of the DominateConstantinian dynasty305 CE363 CE58 yearsConstantius ChlorusConstantine IJulian(list)(tree)Valentinianic dynasty364 CE392 CE28 yearsValentinian IValensValentinian II(list)(tree)Theodosian dynasty379 CE457 CE78 yearsTheodosius IValentinian IIIMarcian(list W) / (list E)(tree)Eastern (Byzantine) dynastiesLeonid dynasty457 CE518 CE61 yearsLeo IAnastasius I(list)(tree)Justinian dynasty518 CE602 CE84 yearsJustin IMauriceandTheodosius(list)(tree)Heraclian dynasty610 CE711 CE91 yearsHeracliusJustinian IIandTiberius(list)(tree)Isaurian dynasty717 CE802 CE85 yearsLeo IIIIrene of Athens(list)(tree)Nikephorian dynasty802 CE813 CE11 yearsNikephoros IMichael I RangabeandTheophylact(list)(tree)Amorian dynasty820 CE867 CE47 yearsMichael IIMichael III(list)(tree)Macedonian dynasty867 CE1056 CE189 yearsBasil ITheodora Porphyrogenita(list)(tree)Komnenid dynasty1057 CE1185 CE106 yearsIsaac I KomnenosAndronikos I KomnenosandJohn Komnenos(list)(tree)Doukid dynasty1059 CE1078 CE19 yearsConstantine X DoukasMichael VII Doukas(list)(tree)Angelid dynasty1185 CELePree & Djukic (2019), The Byzantine Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia p. 305.1204 CE19 yearsIsaac II AngelosAlexios IV Angelos(list)(tree)Laskarid dynasty1204 CE1261 CE57 yearsTheodore I LaskarisJohn IV Laskaris(list)(tree)Palaiologan dynasty1259 CE1453 CE194 yearsMichael VIII PalaiologosConstantine XI Palaiologos(list)(tree)

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See also

Dynasty History of the Byzantine Empire History of the Roman Empire List of Byzantine emperors List of Byzantine usurpers List of condemned Roman emperors List of Roman emperors List of Roman usurpers Pax Romana Succession of the Roman Empire List of largest empires

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