Was Augustus Successful As An Emperor Or Roman Emperor?

During the first three hundred years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius, the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option, in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus it seems that the preferred way of handling succession was Dynastic. The Roman populace seemed to prefer dynastic succession, and I think the current Emperor would have been more comfortable in leaving his Empire to someone that they were familiar
First you have Augustus who was adopted by Julius Caesar. Augustus was able to appease the appetite for power of the Senate by making Rome a Monarchy disguised as a Republic. Augustus controlled the army, The Senate, he could veto all legislation and could impose judgment and punishment on any citizen and he himself was immune to from arrest or punishment. Augustus also put in place reforms that made Rome more efficient, reorganizing the Senate, recruiting wealthy commoners for government service, dividing Rome into districts, he put together Rome’s first police and fire departments as well as building a system of aqueducts to provide the public
Hadrian worked to restore order throughout the Empire and to organize and consolidate the system at Rome. He traveled extensively throughout the Empire in order to check up on the Roman provinces and to ensure that the Governors were doing their duties to the Empire. Before his death in 138 Hadrian adopted Antonius Pius on the condition that Pius adopted either Lucius Verus or Marcus Aurelius as his successor. During his reign he was viewed by the senate with suspicion, because upon his accession and in his absence the members of the Senate had been “forced” into calling for the execution of four Politian’s who may have been seen as possible successors to Trajan. Hadrian always denied involvement but because of the Senate’s resentment towards him, they had all his policies cancelled and denied him the right to be deified.
Antonius Pius had a pretty uneventful reign, but he did defy the Senates wishes by having Hadrian deified.
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus were both adopted by Antonius Pius and were co-emperors from 161-169 when Verus died. Marcus Aurelius and his wife had many children, out of which the only son to survive was Commodus, who Marcus Aurelius had succeed him as heir.
Commodus like both Caligula and Nero was rather young when he ascended into power, but unlike them he had been co-emperor with his father. He was extremely unpopular