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| The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC). The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives), augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it. In practice, the emperor was supreme ruler of Rome and supreme commander of the Roman legions. In theory,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Roman Emperor
The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC). The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives), augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it.
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Roman Emperor Principate
The office of Roman Emperor went through a complex evolution over the centuries of its existence. During its earliest phase, the Principate, the reality of autocratic rule was masked behind the forms and conventions of oligarchic self-government inherited from the Roman Republic.
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Roman Emperor Late Empire
The office of Roman Emperor underwent significant turbulence in the fourth and fifth centuries, after assuming the trappings of Eastern despotism during the Dominate.
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Roman Emperor Dominate
The accession to the purple on November 20, 284, of Diocletian, the lower-class, Greek-speaking Dalmatian commander of Carus's and Numerian's household cavalry (protectores domestici), marked a major departure from traditional Roman constitutional theory regarding the Emperor, who was nominally first among equals during the Principate.
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Roman Emperor Crisis of the Third Century
The Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Anarchy of the 3rd Century) marked the end of the Principate, the early phase of Imperial Roman government.
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Septimius Roman emperor usurper
Or see Septimius Severus, a Roman general, and Roman Emperor from April 14, 193 to 211 Septimius or Septiminus was a Roman usurper proclaimed emperor in 271, in Dalmatia, during Emperor Aurelian's reign.
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Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor (German: Römisch... Kaiser, or "Roman-German Kaiser") is... the title of "Emperor of the Romans"... Pope of the Holy Roman Church, and after... the Holy Roman Empire, a Central... Charlemagne of the Carolingian Dynasty was the first to receive papal coronation as Emperor of the Romans.
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Holy Roman Emperor horse
Holy Roman Emperor, sired by Danehill out of a Secretariat mare, was a leading two-year-old winning four races from seven runs racehorse in Europe in 2006. He was trained by Aidan O'Brien and won two Group One races, the Phoenix Stakes where he defeated the Coventry Stakes winner Hellvelyn and subsequent Group One winning filly Miss Beatrix and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère where he defeated the useful French colt Battle Paint.
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Emperor
An emperor (from the Latin "imperator") is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Main article: Holy Roman Emperor
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