List of Roman imperial victory titles

This document is a list of victory titles assumed by Roman Emperors, not including assumption of the title Imperator (originally itself a victory title); note that the Roman Emperors were not the only persons to assume victory titles (Maximinus Thrax acquired his victory title during the reign of a previous Emperor). In a sense, the Imperial victory titles give an interesting summary of which wars and which adversaries were considered significant by the senior leadership of the Roman Empire, but in some cases more opportunistic motifs play a role, even to the point of glorifying a victory that was by no means a real triumph (but celebrated as one for internal political prestige). For a more complete list of the Emperors themselves, see List of Roman Emperors.

2nd century

ROMAN IMPERIAL VICTORY-TITLES (COGNOMINA EX VIRTUTE). Table B: Antonines and Severi (AD 96 - 235)
Emperor
(reign-dates)
Adiabenicus Arabicus Armeniacus Britannicus Carpicus Dacicus Germanicus Gothicus Medicus Parthicus Persicus Sarmaticus Inscription
evidence
Nerva
(96-8)
Trajan
(98-117)
AE (1987) 499
Hadrian
(117-38)
AE (1896) 121
Antoninus Pius
(138-61)
CIL VIII.20424
Marcus Aurelius
(161-80)
CIL III.13
Commodus
(180-92)
AE (1977) 772
Septimius Severus
(193-211)
AE (1999) 1861
Caracalla
(211-7)
Elagabalus
(217-22)
Severus Alexander
(222-35)

3rd century

ROMAN IMPERIAL VICTORY-TITLES (COGNOMINA EX VIRTUTE). Table C: Military emperors (AD 235 - 305)
Emperor
(reign-dates)
Adiabenicus Arabicus Armeniacus Britannicus Carpicus Dacicus Germanicus Gothicus Medicus Parthicus Persicus Sarmaticus Inscription
evidence
Maximinus Thrax
(235-8)
Gordian III
(238-44)
Philip the Arab
(244-9)
247 244 CIL III.4634 ; RIC IV.66
Decius
(249-51)
250 250 CIL II.6345 ; AE (1942/3) 55
Valerian
(253-60)
254 CIL VIII.2380
Gallienus
(253-68)
256 254 263 264/5 CIL X.4784 ; AE (2006) 1762
Claudius II
(268-70)
268 269 270 CIL XII.5511 ; CIL VIII.4876
Aurelian
(270-5)
272 date? 272 275 271 272 273 270? CIL XIII.8973 ; CIL III.13715 ; CIL II.4506
Tacitus
(275-6)
276 CIL XII.5563
Probus
(276-82)
278 277 CIL XII.5472
Carus
(282-3)
283 283 CIL VIII.12522
Diocletian and Tetrarchs
(284-305)

4th century

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