He was considered a good emperor by Suetonius and other contemporary historians.

Accordingly the latter ends with the death of the last of the five good emperors in 180 AD.

Housing Project While he may not have been a good emperor, Nero was a great decorator.

Clear up those ambiguities, like a good emperor's adviser should.

That still leaves the difference between a good emperor and a bad one-a difference which common folk measure with a very different stick than nobility.

His memory was enshrined in the political ethos of the Imperial age as a paradigm of the good emperor.

According to the legend, until then, there will be no other good emperors.

Before the incident, he seemed to be a civilized, enlightened sort of fellow who probably would have made a good emperor.

All emperors, good or bad, knew the importance to their stability of retaining the loyalty of the legions.

When a good emperor encountered evil subordinates, the empire will not prosper.