{"dynasties":[{"id":"1","dynasty":"Julio-Claudians","wikipedia":"Julio_Claudian_dynasty","date_from":"-31","date_to":"68","description":"<p>The <strong>Julio-Claudian dynasty<\/strong> normally refers to the first five <a title=\"Roman Emperors\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Emperors\">Roman Emperors<\/a>: <a title=\"Augustus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augustus\">Augustus<\/a>, <a title=\"Tiberius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiberius\">Tiberius<\/a>, <a title=\"Caligula\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caligula\">Caligula<\/a> (Gaius), <a title=\"Claudius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claudius\">Claudius<\/a>, and <a title=\"Nero\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nero\">Nero<\/a>,<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julio-Claudian_dynasty#cite_note-0\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the <a title=\"Roman Empire\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Empire\">Roman Empire<\/a> from its formation, in the second half of the first century BC, until <a title=\"AD 68\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AD_68\">AD 68<\/a>, when the last of the line, <a title=\"Nero\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nero\">Nero<\/a>, committed suicide.<\/p>\r\n<p>None of the Julio-Claudians were succeeded by their sons; only one of them had a legitimate son survive him. The ancient historical writers, chiefly <a title=\"Suetonius\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suetonius\">Suetonius<\/a> and <a title=\"Tacitus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tacitus\">Tacitus<\/a>, write from the point of view of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, and portray the Emperors in generally negative terms, whether from preference for the <a title=\"Roman Republic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Republic\">Roman Republic<\/a> or love of a good scandalous story.<\/p>","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:50:21","updatedBy":"56","updated":"2009-09-30 16:11:00"},{"id":"2","dynasty":"Civil-Wars","wikipedia":"Year_of_the_Four_Emperors","date_from":"68","date_to":"69","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:50:49","updatedBy":"56","updated":"2009-09-30 17:25:00"},{"id":"3","dynasty":"The Flavians","wikipedia":"Flavian_dynasty","date_from":"69","date_to":"96","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:51:12","updatedBy":"3","updated":"2006-10-19 15:51:12"},{"id":"4","dynasty":"The Adoptive Emperors","wikipedia":"Nervan\u2013Antonine_dynasty","date_from":"96","date_to":"138","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:51:32","updatedBy":"3","updated":"2006-10-19 15:51:32"},{"id":"5","dynasty":"The Antonines","wikipedia":"Nervan\u2013Antonine_dynasty","date_from":"138","date_to":"192","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:52:00","updatedBy":"3","updated":"2006-10-19 15:52:00"},{"id":"6","dynasty":"193-197","wikipedia":"Year_of_the_Five_Emperors","date_from":"193","date_to":"197","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:52:17","updatedBy":"3","updated":"2006-10-19 15:52:17"},{"id":"7","dynasty":"The Severans","wikipedia":"Severan_dynasty","date_from":"193","date_to":"235","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2006-10-19 15:52:53","updatedBy":"3","updated":"2006-10-19 15:52:53"},{"id":"8","dynasty":"Third Century Emperors","wikipedia":"Crisis_of_the_Third_Century","date_from":"235","date_to":"285","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"0","created":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"9","dynasty":"The Gallic Emperors","wikipedia":"Gallic_Empire","date_from":"260","date_to":"274","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"0","created":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"10","dynasty":"The Tetrarchy","wikipedia":"Tetrarchy","date_from":"284","date_to":"313","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2007-08-09 11:59:48","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"11","dynasty":"House of Constantine","wikipedia":"Constantinian_dynasty","date_from":"313","date_to":"364","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2007-08-09 11:59:48","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"12","dynasty":"House of Valentinian","wikipedia":null,"date_from":"364","date_to":"378","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2007-08-09 12:36:11","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"13","dynasty":"House of Theodosius","wikipedia":"Theodosian_dynasty","date_from":"379","date_to":"455","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"3","created":"2007-08-09 13:03:26","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"14","dynasty":"Britannic Emperors","wikipedia":null,"date_from":"286","date_to":"296","description":"","valid":"1","createdBy":"0","created":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"},{"id":"16","dynasty":"Fifth Century","wikipedia":null,"date_from":"400","date_to":"455","description":"<p>To follow<\/p>","valid":"1","createdBy":"56","created":"2009-09-21 13:02:16","updatedBy":"56","updated":"2010-09-23 16:07:38"},{"id":"18","dynasty":"Pseudo-Imperial","wikipedia":null,"date_from":"408","date_to":"518","description":"<p>To follow<\/p>","valid":"1","createdBy":"56","created":"2010-09-23 15:00:42","updatedBy":"0","updated":"0000-00-00 00:00:00"}]}