25. Longina (?). 26. Nerva (?), Imp. A.D. 96. 27. Trajan, Imp. A.D. 98-118. 28. Plotina, wife of Trajan. 29. Marciana, sister of Trajan. 30. Matidia, daughter of Marciana, niece of Trajan. 31, 32. Hadrian, Imp. A.D. 118-138, adopted son of Trajan. 33. Julia Sabina, wife of Hadrian, daughter of Matidia. 34. Elius Verus, first adopted son of Hadrian. 35. Antoninus Pius, Imp. A.D. 138-161, second adopted son of Hadrian. 36. Faustina the elder, wife of Antoninus Pius and sister of Elius Verus. 37. Marcus Aurelius, Imp. A.D. 161-180, son of Servianus by Paulina, sister of Hadrian, adopted by Antoninus Pius, as a boy. 38. Marcus Aurelius, in later life. 39. Annia Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius, daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the elder. 40. Galerius Antoninus, son of Antoninus Pius. 41. Lucius Verus, son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius. 42. Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus, daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the younger. Put to death at Capri for a plot against her husband. 43. Commodus, Imp. A.D. 180-193, son of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina. Murdered in the Palace of the Cæsars. 44. Crispina, wife of Commodus. Put to death by her husband at Capri. 45. Pertinax, Imp. A.D. 193, successor of Commodus, reigned three months. Murdered in the Palace of the Cæsars. 46. Didius Julianus, Imp. A.D. 193, successor of Pertinax. Murdered in the Palace of the Cæsars. 47. Manlia Scantilla (?), wife of Didius Julianus. {rival candidates (after murder of Didius 48. Pescennius Niger,{Julianus, A.D. 193) for the Empire, which 49. Clodius Albinus, {they failed to obtain, and were both put to {death. 50, 51. Septimius Severus, Imp. A.D. 193-211, successor of Didius Julianus. 52. Julia Pia, wife of Septimius Severus. 53. Caracalla, Imp. A.D. 211-217, son of Sept. Severus and Julia Pia. Murdered. 54. Geta, brother of Caracalla, by whose order he was murdered in the arms of Julia Pia. 55. Macrinus, Imp. A.D. 217, murderer and successor of Caracalla. Murdered. 56. Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus. Murdered with his father. 57. Heliogabalus, Imp. A.D. 218--222, son of Julia Soemis, daughter of Julia Mœsa, who was sister of Julia Pia. Murdered. 58. Annia Faustina, third wife of Heliogabalus, great-granddaughter of Marcus Aurelius. 59. Julia Mœsa, sister-in-law of Septimius Severus, aunt of Caracalla, and grandmother of Alexander Severus. 60. Alexander Severus, Imp., son of Julia Mammea, second daughter of Julia Mœsa. Murdered at the age of 30. 61. Julia Mammea, daughter of Julia Mœsa, and mother of Alexander Severus. Murdered with her son. 62. Julius Maximinus, Imp. 235--238; elected by the army. Murdered. 63. Maximus. Murdered with his father, at the age of 18. 64. Gordianus Africanus, Imp. 238; a descendant of Trajan. Died by his own hand. 65.