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 as one for internal political prestige). For a more complete list of the Emperors themselves, see List of Roman Emperors.
- Gaius, 37-41
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), born with it
- Claudius, 41-54
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), born with it
- Britannicus ("Victorious in Britain"), 44
- Vitellius, 69
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), 69
- Domitian, 81 - 96
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), late 83
- Nerva, 96 98
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), October 97
- Trajan, 98 - 117
- Marcus Aurelius, 161 - 180
- Lucius Verus, 161 - 169
- Commodus, 177 - 192
- Germanicus ("Victorious in Germany"), 15 October 172
- Sarmaticus ("Victorious in Sarmatia"), spring 175
- Germanicus Maximus ("The great victor in Germany"), mid-182
- Britannicus, late 184
- Septimius Severus, 193 - 211
- Caracalla, 198 - 217
- Maximinus Thrax, 235 - 238
- Thrax ("the victor in Thracia"), ??
- Germanicus Maximus ("The great victor in Germany"), 235 (awarded by Emperor Alexander Severus)
- Claudius II, 268 - 270
- Gothicus Maximus ("The great victor against the Goths"), 269
- Aurelian, 270-275
- Germanicus Maximus ("The great victor in Germany"), 270 and 271
- Gothicus Maximus ("The great victor of the Goths"), 271
- Parthicus Maximus ("The great victor in Parthia"), 273
- Tacitus, 275 - 276
- Gothicus Maximus ("The great victor of the Goths"), 276
- Probus, 276 - 282
- Diocletian, 284 - 305
- Germanicus Maximus ("The great victor in Germany") and Sarmaticus Maximus ("The great victor of the Sarmatians"), 285
- Persicus Maximus ("The great victor over the Persians"), 295
- Diocletian claimed the title Persicus Maximus again in 298
- Britannicus Maximus ("The great victor in Brittain") and Carpicus Maximus ("The great victor in Carpathia"), 297
- Armenicus Maximus ("Victorious in Armenia"), Medicus Maximus ("The great victor in Media"), and Adiabenicus Maximus ("The great victor in 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 great victor in Germany"), 307
- Sarmaticus Maximus ("The great victor over the Sarmatians"), 323
- Constantine claimed the title Sarmaticus Maximus one more time (in 334)
- Gothicus Maximus ("The great victor over the Goths"), 328
- Constantine claimed the title Gothicus Maximus one more time (in 332)
- Dacicus Maximus ("The great Victor over the Dacian"), (336)
- Constans, 337-350
- Sarmaticus ("Victorious over the Sarmatians"). The title was awarded twice, and later critics wrote that proper form required that Constans be called "Sarmaticus Sarmaticus".
- Justinian I, 527 - 565
- Alamannicus ("Victorious over the Alamanni"), on accession
- Gothicus ("Victorious over the Goths"), on accession
- Francicus ("Victorious over the Franks"), on accession
- Anticus ("Victorious over the Antae"), on accession
- Alanicus ("Victorious over the Alans"), on accession
- Vandalicus ("Victorious over the Vandals"), after the Vandalic War, 534
- Africanus ("Victorious in Africa"), after the Vandalic War, 534
