The Roman Empire

Augustus January 16, 27 BC – August 19, 14 AD

Vitellius April 17, 69 AD – December 20, 69 AD

Marcus Aurelius March 7, 161 AD – March 17, 180 AD

Elagabalus June 8, 218 AD – March 11, 222 AD

Art is starting to decline . Lets skip 100 years.

Maxentius October 28, 306 AD – October 28, 312 AD

Theodosius I January 1, 379 AD – January 17, 395 AD
From 3D sculptures too 1D black and white drawings.

Justinian I 1 August 527 –13/14 November 565

Tiberius III 698–705

From sculptures to bad drawings to coins.

Zoe Porphyrogenita 15 November 1028 –June 1050

Theodore II Laskaris
3 November 1254–18 August 1258

Thomas Palaiologos 1500

So pretty much for 1300 years art was declining.