List of Imperial Roman victory titles
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This document is a list of victory titles assumed by Roman Emperors, not including assumption of the title Imperator (originally itself a victory title); note that the Roman Emperors were not the only persons to assume victory titles (Maximinus Thrax acquired his victory title during the reign of a previous Emperor). In a sense, the Imperial victory titles give an interesting summary of which wars and which adversaries were considered significant by the senior leadership of the Roman Empire, but in some cases more opportunistic motifs play a role, even to the point of glorifying a victory that was by no means a real triumph (but celebrated with one for interna political prestige). For a more complete list of the Emperors themselves, see List of Roman Emperors.
- Caligula, 37-41
- Germanicus ("the German"), born with it
- Claudius, 41-54
- Germanicus ("the German"), born with it
- Britannicus ("the Briton"), 44
- Vitellius, 69
- Germanicus ("the German"), 69
- Domitian, 81 - 96
- Germanicus ("the German"), late 83
- Nerva, 96 98
- Germanicus ("the German"), October 97
- Trajan, 98 - 117
- Marcus Aurelius, 161 - 180
- Lucius Verus, 161 - 169
- Commodus, 177 - 192
- Germanicus ("the German"), 15 October 172
- Sarmaticus ("the Sarmatian"), spring 175
- Germanicus Maximus ("the Greatest German"), mid-182
- Britannicus, late 184
- Septimius Severus, 193 - 211
- Caracalla, 198 - 217
- Maximinus Thrax, 235 - 238
- Thrax ("the Thracian"), ??
- Germanicus Maximus ("the Greatest German"), 235 (awarded by Emperor Alexander Severus)
- Claudius II, 268 - 270
- Gothicus Maximus ("the Greatest Goth"), 269
- Aurelian, 270-275
- Germanicus Maximus ("the Greatest German"), 270 and 271
- Gothicus Maximus ("the Greatest Goth"), 271
- Parthicus Maximus ("the Greatest Parthian"), 273
- Tacitus, 275 - 276
- Gothicus Maximus ("the Greatest Goth"), 276
- Probus, 276 - 282
- Diocletian, 284 - 305
- Germanicus Maximus ("the Greatest German") and Sarmaticus Maximus ("the Greatest Sarmatian"), 285
- Persicus Maximus ("the Greatest Persian"), 295
- Diocletian claimed the title Persicus Maximus again in 298
- Britannicus Maximus ("the Greatest Briton") and Carpicus Maximus ("the Greatest Carpathian"), 297
- Armenicus Maximus ("the Greatest Armenian"), Medicus Maximus ("the Greatest Mede"), and Adiabenicus Maximus ("the Greatest Adiabene"), 298
- Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308
- Maximian's victory titles are the same as those of Diocletian, except that he did not share Diocletian's first assumption of the titles Germanicus Maximus and Sarmaticus Maximus in 285
- Constantine I, 307 - 337
- Germanicus Maximus ("the Greatest German"), 307
- Sarmaticus Maximus ("the Greatest Sarmatian"), 323
- Constantine claimed the title Sarmaticus Maximus one more time (in 334)
- Gothicus Maximus ("the Greatest Goth"), 328
- Constantine claimed the title Gothicus Maximus one more time (in 332)
- Dacicus Maximus ("the Greatest Dacian"), [[336
