Who was the lowest born Roman who rose to be Emperor? Any freedmen or sons of slaves? Only counting "real" emperors, not some meme usurper who held it for a month.
Low born Emperors
Connor Foster
Logan Russell
Me
Christian Rodriguez
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Jacob Robinson
no fuck off the question is decently interesting
Nathan Phillips
Basil, the dude was literally a fucking peasant;
Blake Wright
I see Basil follows the 'Greek' style of wrestling after subjugating his opponent very faithfully
Parker Adams
Fucking this. Even worse than a peasant, IIRC he was a slave in the shittiest part of Bulgaria. And he was an old man by the time he arrived in the emperor's court. Then he works his way up through the court and goes apeshit one day and usurps the emperor (who by all accounts was successful and popular despite being a manipulable drunkard).
Basil I would be the ultimate badass if he wasn't also a cuckold. But that just adds to the legend.
Jaxson Long
son of the peasant
Charles Turner
>muh Roman
Mason Cruz
Ethan Jenkins
kys please
Angel White
> Basil I would be the ultimate badass if he wasn't also a cuckold.
> Basil was compensated with the emperor's sister Thekla as his own mistress.
That is not cucking, that is just wifesharing/swingers stuff.
Jack Campbell
t. non roman barbarian
Jacob Gutierrez
Diocletian was either a freedman himself or the son of one
Aurelian was a peasant.
Adam Lopez
vespasianus was a simple merchant
Nathan Perez
Though not an emperor, Ancus Marcius, 4th king of Rome was supposedly from a plebian family.
Leo Jones
wow that's amazing, diocletian comes over as such an experienced ruler
Nicholas Price
Maximinus Thrax was a shitty emperor but it's pretty hard to argue his humble origins. He was born from barbarian poor parents. His martial prowess got him to the top.
Brandon Reed
True but he probably had the best name of any emperor. Also he suffered from acromegaly and was probably over 7 foot tall which was absolutely massive for the period. He must have been fucking terrifying.
Sebastian Thomas
The Emperor before Justinian was his uncle though, iirc.
Ayden Martinez
>best roman emperors
>lowborn
muh aristocractic breeding
Jose Robinson
Justin was born a peasant. So was Basil I.