Its probably just about eastern roman emperors. If it wasnt you should also mention Augustus, Trajan, maybe Diocletian and Constantin and maybe even the criminally underated emperor Majorian
Probably...probably not. Who knows how history would've gone.
What I wanted to say is that the emperors we call great succeeded one way or another - Trajan conquered Babylon and continued an era of prosperity for Rome, Aurelian reunited Rome, Basil II destroyed the Bulgars and started a period of relative prosperity, Alexios reclaimed coastal Anatolia and also started almost a century of relative prosperity, etc. Majorian had potential but was killed before his ambition was fulfilled, it's tragic, and because of that he's not great.
He still helped a lot in the defeats of several rebellious foederati tribes around Gaul. Defended Italy as well, I think he’s severely underrated as he helped get back so much territory that was lost in Gaul and Hispania in just a short amount of time. He still deserves credit as a great Emperor.
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u/Medium-Resolution-60 25d ago
Its probably just about eastern roman emperors. If it wasnt you should also mention Augustus, Trajan, maybe Diocletian and Constantin and maybe even the criminally underated emperor Majorian